Choiseul Province will celebrate its 24th Second Appointed Day tomorrow. Premier Jackson Kiloe told SIBC News, celebrations this year will be held in East Choiseul at Panggoe village.
Government Authorities have been urged to partner with key disability special service providers to combat cases of murder caused by mentally ill persons in the country.
Jejevo Community High School in Isabel Province has received new desktop computers under a project with the Georgian Government. The Georgian Government sent fifty computers through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year and the Community High School was among its recipients.
The recently formed “Faedem Baek Famili” Association is organising its first fundraiser in efforts to “reunite blackbirded generations of Solomon Islands” with their families in Australia and other regional countries. The first fundraising drive has been organised for this Saturday.
Solomon Islands will be represented by 22 sporting federations at the South Pacific Games in July. NOCSI President Martin Rara says the sporting federations were confirmed after NOCSI send its numerical entry to Papua New Guinea.
Gizo Hospital in the Western Province has recorded 96 dengue cases in the current dengue outbreak. Hospital Director, Dr. Gregory Jilini confirmed to SIBC News today 73 are suspected cases while 23 positive cases have been confirmed.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has acknowledged the increased engagement of the United States in the Pacific region. Mr Sogavare made the statement during his meeting with Papua New Guinea based US Ambassador to Solomon Islands His Excellency Walter North yesterday.
The Solomon Islands Statistics Office within the Ministry of Finance and Treasury will undertake a pre-test training on the proposed Demography and Health Survey (SIDHS) tomorrow.
Axiom Mining Limited has discovered high-grade nickel deposits in Isabel Province. Axiom Chief Executive Officer Ryan Mount in a courtesy call of the Prime Minister yesterday revealed that Axiom’s first drilling exploration on Isabel has intersected high-grade nickel and extension of mineralisation…
The seventh Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum and Business Mission will be hosted in Honiara in June this year. The business forum was initiated by the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council and the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce (SICCI).
The Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) celebrates its 10th Anniversary this week. The Association says the celebration coincides with SIWIBA’s bi-monthly Mere’s Market for the month of February. The theme of the celebration is “Strengthening Women Through Business”.
Civil Society Organisations in the country have expressed through their umbrella body organisation – Development Services Exchange (DSE), their preparedness to collaborate in the implementation of the Democratic Coalition for Change Government policy intentions.
Solomon Islands cocoa industry needs to collaborate to exploit the full economic potential of cocoa as a commodity with benefits for people. Minister for Commerce William Marau made the statement last week, during the official opening of the new National Cocoa Quality Testing Lab at the CEMA…
The National Teachers Association says it wants the Democratic Coalition for Change Government Solomon to provide “written evidence” that their submission is in the National Budget. SINTA delivered a submission on teachers passage and housing allowances to the Government last month.
Healthy children will produce a productive future for Solomon Islands. The Director of Reproductive and Child Health Dr Divinald Ogaoga made the statement during the launch of the new Pneumococcal vaccine, to protect pneumonia and meningitis in children.
Postnatal patients at the National Referral Hospital can now access continued care in a more pleasant environment – thanks to the newly refurbished postnatal ward at the Hospital.
Community consultations regarding the limited rearmament of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have resumed for this year, with consultations reaching Vera Kambikambi village in East Guadalcanal last week.
A new website containing relevant data and information about the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) was launched Thursday this week.
The “Faedim Baek” Family Association Solomon Islands has held its first ever fundraising at the Art Gallery today. The aim of the association is to reconnect Solomon Islanders who were taken during the Blackbirding days, to reconnect with their relatives in the Solomon Islands.
Measles cases have dramatically declined in the Solomon Islands. A statement from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services yesterday said this follows a successful administration of 400,000 doses of measles-rubella (MR) vaccines by the ministry in response to the recent measles outbreak in the…
