The Coral Sea Hotel in Honiara is the Platinum Sponsor for the 2016 Miss Solomon Islands Pageant show. Coral Sea Food and Beverage Manager, Steve Cameron revealed in a joint media conference with the Director of the Solomon Islands Beauty Pageant secretariat, Joyce Konofilia.
Trustees of Kogulai Water Source have disassociated themselves from any attempt to disrupt Kogulai water source from supplying Honiara. Kogulai Water Source Trustees spokesman, Mr. Charles Keku made the assurance. Mr.
The Guadalcanal Provincial executive welcomes current negotiations between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Solomon Islands Government for Australia’s presence in the country- offering a piece of land for AFP’s base.
Preliminary findings of the National based survey on Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (RWASH) indicates, 54 percent of the rural population had access to water and 13 percent had access to adequate sanitation and hygiene.
Trustees of the Kongulai Water Source have reaffirmed their commitment to continue seeking legal directions after their 14 days forfeiture notice ends Wednesday this week. A spokesman for the Kongulai Trustees, Charles Keku confirmed this to SIBC News recently.
Kongulai Trustees are calling on the National Government to own up to its commitment to meet with landowners of Kongulai to sort out outstanding water issues. This call was made by the Spokesperson of the Kongulai Trustees Mr. Charles Keku Chivili on Distaem Nao Program this morning.
Electricity bills are expected to go down by the end of this year. This was announced by Finance Minister, Snyder Rini in Parliament last week. The Finance Minister says, he has been enquiring about the tariffs since last year but because of the complicated processes involved, public will wait till…
The Auki township water pump has encountered a major fault and Solomon Water is working on rectifying the dilemma. Auki town has been experiencing water problem for a few weeks now.
The Trade Dispute Panel (TDP) will hold a pre-hearing for the case between the Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) and Solomon Water Wednesday this week. The case was referred to the Panel after the majority of Solomon Water employees voted to go on strike in September this year.
A concept paper on Road Transport Ordinance 2015 has been put together by the Chair of the Honiara City Council Law Enforcement Division and the Council’s Legal Advisor.
A 28-days strike notice has been issued to the Management of Solomon Water. The Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) issued the notice yesterday on behalf of Solomon Water’s 103 employees.
Students of Mbokonavera Community High School will now have access to water again after the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) pays its outstanding water bills to Solomon Water.
Permanent Secretary of Finance and Treasury, Fred Fakarii said State-Owned Enterprise delivers vital services to the people and the economy. Mr Fakarii was speaking to open the12th State-Owned Enterprise Forum at the Heritage Park Hotel yesterday.
Solomon Islands is leading the Pacific region in successfully reforming its state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The Asian Development Bank (ADB) unveiled this revelation in its report presented in Honiara today.
The Democratic Coalition for Change Government will develop the country’s first ever National Urbanisation Policy. Governor General Sir Frank Kabui announced the policy when he delivered the Speech from the Throne in Parliament last week.
The board of directors of Solomon Water announce the resignation of Mr. Richard Austin as the authority’s general manager. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Phil Bradford says the board respects Mr. Richard’s decision.
Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) applauds Solomon Water for its recent achievements. In an FSII statement, yesterday Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Afuga said Solomon Water and Japanese International Cooperation Agency JICA must be congratulated for this life-saving project which…
South New Georgia, Rendova and Tetepari constituents are seeking a High Court ruling on an un-retired $13.4 million Constituency Development Fund. In a statement delivered to SIBC News yesterday Campaign Manager for Francis Zama, Jack Daniel said a four paged acquittals report obtained from the…
Solomon Islands is the first country in the world to receive approval to trade timber products to Australia under new timber legality guidelines. The Ministry of Forestry and the Australian High Commission announced jointly today that Solomon Islands had received approval from Australia for…
Honiara residents will continue to experience improvements to their water supply following the recent devastation of floods and damages. Solomon Water’s Operations Manager Ray Andresen says water from the Tasahe reservoir tank was fed into the Kongulai Gravity system.
