Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) has presented a submission on alleged extravagant earnings of the Solomon Airlines Chief Executive Officer Captain Ron Sumsum to the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon.
Solomon Islands Paediatrician Dr James Auto says the machines handed over to the National Referral Hospital last Friday is part of UNICEF’s wider program with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services support to women and newborn babies in Solomon Islands.
Quality buildings in town centres can be achieved if there are more qualified Civil Engineering Supervisors in Solomon Islands. Currently, Solomon Islands obtains Civil Engineering qualifications overseas which are expensive.
Communities of Santa Ana and Santa Catalina in East Makira are now able to access Bank South Pacific, BSP, basic banking services in their villages. These basic services include withdrawals, deposits and opening of personal account through the newly established branchless banking agency at Waikaru…
The Government has imposed a moratorium on new registrations and applications for logging business activities, saying the new arrangement will increase employment rates and revenue from the forestry industry.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare today led a delegation of government ministers and officials to visit the Youth at Work program in Honiara. The visit was a courtesy call to brief the Prime Minister on the work of the Youth at Work program.
The Ministry of Infrastructure Development has launched a “Civil Engineering Certificate Four” training in Honiara today. The workshop is funded by the ADB, Australian, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands Government under the Transport sector development project.
Kirakira township in Makira Province will soon expand. Thanks to a payment of SBD$1.2 million from the National Government to landowners of Huro land, situated near the township. The SBD$1.2 million is the first tranche of a SBD$5 million payout to the landowners.
Ifira Vanuatu Soccer Team Coach and once a National Solomon Islands soccer player, Batram Suri calls on the country’s national soccer players to improve the standard of soccer in the country. Mr Suri made the statement before he left Honiara with his visiting soccer team to Vanuatu yesterday.
The academic year at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has been delayed because lecturers are threatening to go on strike, but SINU Vice Chancellor, Dr Glynn Galo is optimistic the matter will be resolved by the end of the week.
The National Government and its development partners have rolled out the National Statistics Development Strategy (NSDS) project. The NSDS aims to provide a fully responsive systematic sector-wide mechanism that generates regular and consistent supply of statistics, data and information to steer…
The Honiara City Council Law Enforcement Division has praised the public for cooperating with the Council’s Seven-metre by-law ordinance saying the public has positively responded to the ordinance by complying with it.
Ifira Black Bird Football Club Coach, Batram Suri says he is happy with his team’s performance during their friendly matches in Honiara. The Vanuatu team flew into the country last week to play three matches against the country’s under 23 and two Solomon Islands renowned clubs, Kossa FC and Western…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the Democratic Coalition for Change Government welcomes Papua New Guinea’s ongoing commitments to Solomon Islands.
The Kirakira Central Market in Makira Ulawa Province has been demolished because of its deteriorating state. Salinda Maka’a, a journalism student studying at the Solomon Islands National University reports from Kirakira.
Solomon Islands could have benefited more from its tuna resources if it had a more transparent and accountable fisheries management system. The World Bank Country Director for Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, and the Pacific, Franz Drees-Gross made the statement in an exclusive interview with SIBC…
The Minister of Fisheries Honourable John Maneniaru has assured concerned Solomon Islanders, although the challenges posed by the beche-de-mer fishery are great, he is willing to tackle them head on.
Students at the Solomon Islands National University were told to go back this morning following the cancellation of their orientation. SIBC Stringer Gabriel Riotarau reports, many students were very disappointed the event was cancelled.
The Japanese government will sign a grant contract project for the improvement of water supply and sanitation for Koge community in Isabel and Kolofe and Kwaibala community in Malaita province tomorrow.
Makira Ulawa Province is in full swing in its preparation for this year’s Makira Banana Festival celebrations. The event’s Organising chairman Noel Mamau told SIBC News, this year’s festival will be bigger than the inaugural festival last year.
