The Solomon Islands Nursing Association has won the bid to host the 2016 South Pacific Nurses Forum. The 18th South Pacific Nurses Forum (SPNF) in Nuku’alofa, Tonga unanimously agreed for Solomon Islands to host the 2016 SP Nurses Forum in Honiara. National Head of Nursing, Mr.
Parliamentary Opposition Leader Jeremiah Manele has said the greatest goodness Solomon Islanders can offer each other is to celebrate this festive season with peace, love and humility. In his Christmas message broadcasted on Christmas Eve, Mr.
Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare has said the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCC) will immediately address the poor status of the economy and the ineffectiveness of the previous government experienced by the people of Solomon Islands.
Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare has said the best Christmas gift that the Democratic Coalition for Change Government can give to the Solomon Islands people this Christmas is their collective resolve to serve the country’s national interests as long as they are in office. Mr.
A Heavy Rain Alert is in force for Choiseul, Isabel and Malaita Provinces. Solomon Islands Meteorological Services issued the warning at 5pm this afternoon as ‘Heavy Rain Alert Number Two’.
One of the country’s senior statesman, Sir George Lepping has passed on. The late Lepping was the country’s second Governor General since independence. Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare made the announcement this afternoon.
The Honiara City Councillors will elect a new City Mayor on the 30th of this month. Honiara City Clerk Charles Kelly says nominations for the Mayor’s post opens on the 29th of this month followed by the election 24 hours after the nomination lapse.
Victims of the 1989-2000 Bougainvillea Crisis in North West Choiseul have reiterated their call for the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) to compensate them. This is for the spill over atrocities committed against them and their properties during the height of the crisis.
No Tsunami threat is issued for the country. A statement from the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service this morning says this follows an undersea earthquake of magnitude 5.2 which occurred after half-past nine this morning near Sirovanga, Choiseul Province.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has advised the Governor General of the two Democratic Coalition for Change MPs to be appointed to the two ministerial portfolio’s still vacant. The Prime Minister’s press secretary Daily Oso told SIBC News in an on-line reply to our query this afternoon.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Douglas Ete has said it would be a tough ride for the government to get the country out of its current economic pressures. Contributing to the resolution motion moved by Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare in Parliament last week, Mr.
Office of the Leadership Code Commission (LCC) has called on the current Minister for Forestry and Research Hon. Bodo Dettke to relinquish the portfolio.
Leader of Parliamentary Opposition Jeremiah Manele has acknowledged there are challenges in the implementation of development budgets over the years. Contributing to the resolution motion last week, Mr.
The former police minister and member of parliament for Shortlands Province, Chris Laore has warned the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCC) to tread carefully in the withdrawal of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).
Namolalae Clinic in Malaita province has recorded an outbreak of diarrhoea and dysentery since November. Nurse in Charge Rose Manunu told SIBC News, the clinic now records more than 20 cases including several deaths as a result of the outbreak.
Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare will appoint the two final Cabinet Ministers of his Democratic Coalition for Change Government tomorrow. The announcement was made to refute media reports claiming that Cabinet will have to take a vote on who will be appointed as Minister for Finance and…
Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition Jeremiah Manele has said he is sure the Democratic Coalition for Change Government will take on the outstanding national projects under the 2014 Development Budget. Contributing to the motion on the resolution of Parliament last week, Mr.
Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare has said contributions from Members of Parliament during the sine die motion last week reflects what the Democratic Coalition for Change government policy statement will be like.
The 10th Parliament has granted approval for the Ministry of Finance and Treasury to authorise the issue of money from the Consolidated Funds to meet government expenditure after the 2014 financial year expires on the 31st of December.
Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare says, the country needs to probe ways to advance into the future. In a recent radio talk-back show on SIBC, Prime Minister Sogavare said important questions such as whether the delivery channels are appropriate for its needs must be asked.
