The Government through the Ministry of Finance has concluded a loan and grant negotiation of over 1-hundred seventy million US dollars with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Honiara last week.
The dead body of the 25 years old male person discovered, floating at sea in the Kokosu area of Noro Township, Western Province has been identified by relatives and is now laid to rest.
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) retreat for Pacific leaders is set for tomorrow via zoom to appoint a new PIF Secretary General. This was after the current Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor’s tenure lapsed last year.
Telecommunications Commission of Solomon Islands (TCSI) has appointed its new Interim Commissioner, Mr Calvin Ziru. Minister of Communications and Aviation, Hon Peter Shannel Agovaka appointed Mr.
The National Health Emergency Operation Centre (NHEOC) of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services has activated it’s Emergency Response Plan’ last night to validate, track, and contain a potential COVID-19 outbreak.
The USAID Funded SBD $8 million Disaster Risk Reduction project for Malaita and Guadalcanal provinces will be implemented soon. The two years project from September 2020 to September 2022 will be implemented by World Vision Solomon Islands.
More than one hundred tons of crude Noni juice worth more than $SBD600 thousand dollars from North West Guadalcanal will be destroyed this week. The rejected Noni juice which left idle for two years at the North West Guadalcanal Processing Facility in Lunga after a long stand-off between the MP for…
UNDP & Japan has sealed an agreement to Strengthen National Capacities in Government against corruption. The agreement formalized a SBD$14 million funding support for the Strengthening National Capacities to Combat Corruption Project in Solomon Islands.
South Choiseul by-election is scheduled to be held during the first quarter of this year. A confirmed date for the election is yet to be decided as preparations are still in the early stages, Commissioner/Chief electoral officer Jane Waitara confirmed to SIBC news.
Chief Justice Albert Palmer calls for the urgent set up of an independent Government Remuneration Tribunal by legislation to determine the levels of salaries and remuneration packages for Judges and Magistrates.
Miss Solomon Islands Gladys Habu was awarded the Commonwealth Points of Light award. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second has recognized Ms Gladys Habu as the 168th recipient of the Commonwealth Points of Light award in honour of her exceptional voluntary service for raising awareness on climate…
Preparations for the constructions of the 2023 Pacific Games sport facilities are currently on schedule. National Hosting Authority (NHA) Executive Director Chris Nieng said, site clearances should be done by 31st March. He added, all preparatory work has been completed.
The country’s plan to relocate communities threatened by sea level rise may face opposition from the very people who are being affected. People’s attachment to their homeland may see the older generation not likely to relocate despite the threat to their community.
The $1.2 million fund from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is currently at the Central bank of Solomon Islands. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the clarification following media reports that the funds has been used for the Stimulus package. Mr.
Leader of Opposition Hon. Mathew Wale calls on the government to halt repatriation plans for the United Kingdom (UK) as the multiple COVID-19 variants emerged with an unusually large number of mutants.
The new Education bill is expected to go before the Parliament this year, 2021. The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development, (MEHRD), is currently working on this historic bill as the current Education Act has been existed for over 40 years.
About ten ships were detained during the festive season Operation Safe Boat. Director of the Solomon Islands Maritime Authority Nerval Therry confirmed the ships were detained for non-compliance with the Operation Safe Boat rules and regulations.
Solomon Islands is estimated to have the highest birth of new born babies in the Pacific on New Year’s day according to UNICEF. Scoop Independent News reports, countries expected to have the highest birth on New Year’s day is Solomon Islands with 53 births followed by Fiji with 45 births, Vanuatu…
