The Malaita Ma’asina Forum, MMF, has again called on the government to announce a substantive post holder for Police Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force. Solomon Islands has been without a Police Commissioner since John Lansley vacated the post in May of last year.
The Secretary-General of the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat has told the Solomon Islands, and Cook Islands that hard work to implement their peer review recommendations begins now.
The Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs says the Solomon Islands Government has taken positive steps to address violence against women since the Family Health and Safety Study in 2009.
The Hograno House of Chief is concerned, the appointment of a second Paramount Chief for the Hograno District is illegal Hograno House of Chief Chair Johnson Leamana says the appointment was done in the absence of the chief executive members and the consent of the current Paramount Chief.
The Solomon Islands Government has clarified, its relationship with Fiji for air transport matters is based on the Air Service Agreement Memorandum of Understanding. It is based on the MOU signed on January 5 2010 in Suva.
A first Political Parties Commission has been established in the country. The Commission was established after Parliament passed the Political Parties Integrity Act 2014, and the subsequent appointment by the Prime Minister, when the new Act came into operation.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has registered support for the automatic weather station project. A total of four stations will be installed under the project.
The joint-Government and SINTA Taskforce has completed its recommendations on leave packages and housing allowances for teachers and awaits Cabinet approval.
The Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Company has contributed more than $600 million towards the country’s economy for the last five years. GPPOL General Manager Roger Benzie revealed this when regional Finance and Economic Ministers recently visited the palm oil company in North Guadalcanal.
The British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Dominic Meiklejohn has congratulated the Solomon Islands Government and stakeholders on the establishment of the Seif Ples Clinic.
A man from Malaita Province has appeared before the Magistrate’s Court for stabbing his wife and the owner of popular hang-out “Sarah’s Ice-cream” at Kukum. The incident occurred in April this year and he was charged with two counts of unlawful wounding.
Clerk to the Honiara City Council, Charles Kelly says he will remain with the council as his newly announced posts overseas are only voluntary. Mr Kelly, who is President of the Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood Association, has been elected into the Regional Executive Committee for East and South…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has launched its 2014 Immunization Week in Honiara today – with the theme “Stop Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer, Vaccinate at Birth”, and the slogan “Healthy Future for your Family”.
Costs of treatment and patient care for patients with liver disease is a burden on the country’s economy, says the Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Doctor Lester Ross. And a nationwide vaccination program can reduce this burden.
Honiara now has a Gender Based Violence Clinic and Referral Center to help victims of violence. Speaking today at the launching of the “Seif Ples” Clinic, City Mayor Andrew Mua says the Clinic will also help prevent violence against women and children.
Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, Douglas Marau has dismissed claims the fourth USP Campus is just another empty promise, as claimed in recent media reports.
A workshop to enhance countries resilience to the adverse effects of climate change in agriculture and food security has started in Honiara today. The Climate Services and Early Warning System Workshop ends on Thursday this week.
Staff from business and government departments have participated in a training course on how to maintain and audit quality assurance systems that is required by overseas markets.
Thousands of people in the Eastern Region of Malaita Province can now access improved mobile phone services. This is after Our Telekom completed its tower at Fiu, East Malaita last weekend.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo conveys his congratulations to the Government and people of France on their National Day- celebrated on July 14 each year. In a statement to the French nationals residing in the country, Mr Lilo says he extends his warmest greetings to them on this day.
