The Solomon Islands National Basketball men’s side will take on the visiting Papua New Guinea national men’s team. Solomon Islands Basketball Federation Secretary, Uriel Matangani says they have invited PNG national basketball team to come over to Solomon Islands for friendly matches with the…
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has over the weekend completed a one-day bilateral talk with his Solomon Islands counterpart. Her Excellency Retno Marsudi arrive on Saturday morning and met with Foreign Minister Milner Tozaka in a closed-door meeting. Ms.
Vice-Chancellor of the University of The South Pacific (USP) Professor Rajesh Chandra has appealed to the National Government to support pertinent matters regarding the university’s fourth campus at Doma, West Guadalcanal.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services has issued a No Tsunami Threat following an undersea 4.7 magnitude earthquake which struck 654 kilometres South of Suva Fiji this morning.
The Democratic Coalition for Change Government will assist Honiara City Council and Provincial Governments rehabilitate existing sports facilities and build new sports complexes. This is contained in the Government’s policy statement recently launched.
The Chief Justice has called for more training in mobile phone technologies for police investigators. In the court on Thursday last week, Sir Albert Palmer was critical of how police investigators failed to trace call logs of mobile phones that were connected to the 2012 murder of a young woman.
The Democratic Coalition for Change Government says it will establish and develop community programmes that address the needs of women, youth and children.
Traffic police will be closing off the Didao bus stop in East Honiara as of tomorrow. The bus stop, located just next to the Fishing Village market is one of the busiest stops in East Honiara serving people who travel to King George, Burns Creek, Lungga, and Henderson.
Minister of Mines and Energy Samson Maneka says he is impressed with the mining plans of Sumitomo and the company’s community engagement in Isabel Province.
The Attorney General’s vacancy notice has gone online on the PMC website to attract applicants from overseas. The Attorney General is the Government’s chief legal advisor.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development and UNICEF have today launched a Pilot Literacy Research Program into a number of primary schools in Guadalcanal Province. The program is implemented under the UNICEF Pacific Baseline Research on Primary School Teacher Capacity.
In sports, the Minister for Home Affairs has appointed former Attorney General Gabriel Suri as the new Chairman of the National Sports Council. A government statement says Suri’s appointment became effective on Monday this week. Suri replaces Andrew Nori who passed away in July 2013.
The United States Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Walter North has assured Solomon Islands he will look into the issue of removing World War two relics from Solomon waters. Walter North, also Ambassador to Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, made the assurance during a recent visit to Honiara.
The Prime Minister says Democratic Coalition for Change policies will “raise a lot of eyebrows” but the time is right for tough decisions to turn the country around. Manasseh Sogavare made the statement in Gizo, Western Province on Monday.
The National Trade Development Council has endorsed the Solomon Islands National Trade Policy Framework in their first meeting this year. The Trade Policy Framework lays out the main principles that will guide trade policy in Solomon Islands over the coming years.
The Australian High Commissioner has encouraged women business owners and women thinking of starting a business to join the Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA).
The Japanese Embassy in Solomon Islands has signed a $640,000 grant aid project with Mase Primary school in North New Georgia, Western Province. The grant is to build a two-storey classroom building and two staff houses for the school under the Japanese Grass Roots program.
Tuvaruhu School in Central Honiara has been named as a ‘Health Promoting School’ and has received a billboard in efforts to promote health among school children. The billboard was officially delivered today by the Honiara City Council Mayor, Alfrence Fatai.
The Democratic Coalition for Change Government has announced plans to engage in serious dialogue with service delivery stakeholders, including provincial governments after the 2015 Budget is passed in April.
The Prime Minister says it is time Solomon Islanders think seriously about where the country has travelled for the past 36 years. Manasseh Sogavare made this statement during a stop over at Gizo, Western Province where he had received a grand welcome from the Provincial Government and people in the…
