The Solomon Islands national football team is one game away from gold at the Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The team will face Melanesian rival Vanuatu in a do-or-die match on Friday.
This year marks an important anniversary for the people of Gizo: it is 10 years since the tsunami that changed their lives forever. SIBC reporter Kikiva Tuni visited Titiana village – the village that was flattened by the wave – and spoke to some of the survivors for this special report.
Residents of the Maniwiriwiri community in central Makira are calling on the Ministry of Environment to assess the environmental impact of a log ship that wrecked at the Waimahui log pond in the area.
There’s something special about the stones from Ranongga Island. According to the bone bone fish sellers of Gizo, in Solomon Islands’ Western Province, it is what makes their fish taste so good.
A shell is the key element in the logo that will represent more than 2,000 artists from eight countries at the Melanesian arts and culture festival next year in Honiara.
Peter Lui never took guitar lessons. His brother had a guitar — the common Pacific brand — and he often watched his brother play. “One day I saw the guitar lying in our house,” he said. “I picked up the guitar and started playing — that’s how it all started.” What it started was a
Simbo Island in the Western Province is now an officially certified organic island – the first of its kind in the Solomons. The National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA) issued the certificate as a third party certification body in a ceremony this week.
It is a journey she couldn’t have made without the support of her husband and a lot of faith in God. A journey that six years later, has come into reality. Esther Talisuti is the director of Gizo Women in Business and the founder of Madegugusu Women Association in Simbo.
Landowners of the popular Kakabona beach say logging at the waterfront has been introduced to help pay for future plans for a recreational or park facility near the beach.
As the festive season approaches, police have called on the public to take precautionary measures when travelling at sea. This comes after two incidents earlier this week. One involved a 30-year-old man rescued at Kolombangara Island after being stranded at sea for about 24 hours.
Gizo Market in the Western Province is always a colourful place. Market sellers even come from other provinces, such as Guadalcanal and Malaita, just to sell their produce. Despite the varieties of colourful produces available at Gizo, some things do stand out.
Another Solomon Islander from Guadalcanal will be heading to Canada to work. Tourism graduate of the Guadalcanal Province-Canadian International Training & Education Corp program Grace Delight has been granted a Canadian immigration nomination for permanent residence to work in Canada.
“I was left for dead, people thought I was going to die alone,” Victor Mamaru told SIBC news. “For twelve years I did not see sunrise and sunset, even my kids.” Divine and spiritual healing might be a thing some people find hard to believe, but in the Solomon Islands overcoming sickness through…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s inaugural award for Tourism Business of the Year went to an operation that has become accustomed to accolades.
Solomon Islanders love movies, From Hollywood, to India’s Bollywood – even Nigeria’s Nollywood has a huge fan base in the country. Still the country has no proper cinemas, no professional actors, and only a few short films have been produced by locals.
A former Solomon Islands police officer who lived as a fugitive for almost 13 years before being arrested to stand trial for the 2003 murder of former police commissioner Sir Fred Soaki has been found not guilty.
Business large and small, tech-focused and agriculturally based were recognised at the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 4th annual Business Excellence Awards on Saturday.
Transparency Solomon Islands has raised concerns about a new clause in the Anti-Corruption Bill 2017 that exempts conduct that occurred before commencement of the Act. Section 6 of the anti-corruption bill was a newly inserted clause that applied to the ‘Application of the Act’.
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen has left the country after her three day state visit today as the future of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare hangs in the balance.
