Manaoba residents in North Malaita have experienced water shortage after all their water sources dried up. The Island with about 20 villages have to travel to the main land in search for drinking water after months of drought.
Malaitans whose homes, gardens and properties were damaged by the recent tropical cyclone Pam will soon receive relief supplies from theNational Disaster Management Office through the Provincial Disaster office at Auki.
Vehicle owners and drivers are reminded to be responsible when driving on the roads of Honiara. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast reiterated the reminder at his weekly media conference.
Forty new police recruits will as of next Monday undergo police training, the Police Commissioner has confirmed. Frank Prendergast said the forty new recruits will be at the police academy for 16 weeks of intensive training. He says the new recruits represent all nine provinces of the country.
People of Mamulele, East Malaita are calling on the Ministry of Health to post a nurse at Mamulele clinic. Mamulele clinic which serves about 2,5000 people has been without a nurse for the last three months.
The Pasifiki Service Ltd has successfully launched its new Job-Advertising Website in Honiara. Speaking during the launch, Pasifiki Service Ltd General Manger James Edgecombe says the new website is designed to provide human resource managers and businesses in the country and abroad an online…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare describes Solomon Islands as a potentially great tourism nation. Prime Minister Sogavare told a visiting delegation from the Chinese Skyline Business Council, Solomon Islands is home to the biggest Lake in the Pacific, Lake Tengano.
Minister of Finance and Treasury Snyder Rini has assured Parliament the government has the political will to implement the 2015 budget. Minister Rini made the assurance during debate on the 2015 budget on Monday.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has launched the second phase of the Rural Development Project in Honiara this morning. Speaking at the launching, Agriculture Minister Augustine Auga says his Ministry through the project will address national objectives of poverty reduction and inclusive…
The Government will revive the Development Bank of Solomon Islands. A consultant engaged by the DCC Government to review the project announced this at the launching of the second phase of the Rural Development Project today.
The Government will soon appoint an independent board committee to manage state-owned schools in the country. The Minister for Education and Human Resource Development Dr Derrick Sikua announced the development in Parliament on Tuesday.
The Royal Solomon Islands Force patrol boat Auki will return from Vanuatu next week after a relief mission following Cyclone Pam. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast also told a press conference this week the NDMO Office of Vanuatu is impressed with the relief mission Patrol Boat Auki provided.
Members of the newly established FSII Men Against Rape are proposing a nationwide campaign against rape and have held successful discussions with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force as one of its activities towards this campaign.
Work to improve the National Parliament house is ongoing. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the assurance yesterday, during deliberations on the 2015 budget in Parliament.
Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) has announced its decision to engage newly graduate engineers from suitable institutions for its two year Graduate Training Program.
The Fisheries Management Bill 2015 has been tabled in Parliament. The Bill seeks to make provisions for the conservation, management, development and sustainable use of fisheries and marine resources in the country.
Key government projects have never taken off the ground because of a lack of political will, among other reasons. National consultant on Commerce and Tourism Martin Housanau says a National Steering Committee identified key government projects never took off the ground because there was a lack of…
Government officials from three government ministries are meeting in Honiara this week to validate a draft Solomon Islands Intellectual Property Strategy. The workshop is to give stakeholders previously involved in consultations and other interest groups an overview of the draft strategy.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force will continue to monitor the industrial action at the Solomon Islands Ports Authority, says Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast. Commissioner Prendergast confirmed this at his weekly media conference at the Police Headquarters in Honiara today.
A woman has been discharged after witnesses to her trial failed to turn up in Court yesterday. Principal Magistrate Edwin Suramo discharged Linda Agooka after the two prosecution witnesses who were to testify at her trial yesterday did not turn up in Court.
