The Honiara City Council has passed a new ordinance to create buffer zones along river banks within City Boundaries. The new ordinance was developed in response to the severe destructions to homes and properties during last month’s flash floods.
The Honiara City Council’s Vector Borne Disease Control Program and Guadalcanal Province have completed a mosquito fogging operation in Honiara and in some areas of the Province.
The Honiara Yacht Club has donated over 14-thousand dollars to World Vision to assist with its recovery efforts following last month’s severe flash flooding. Presenting the donation to the World Vision Country Director, Dr.
Former Premier of Malaita Province, Richard Namo Irosaea says weak government organs are set up to ensure good governance, transparency and accountability. Former Premier Irosaea said the government organs are the Ombudsman, Leadership Code Commission and the Auditor General’s Office.
The Solomon Islands Met Services has cancelled all Heavy Rain Alerts issued for the country. The alerts were cancelled at 5pm, yesterday evening. In a statement, the Met Services says the Heavy Rain Alert previously in force for Isabel, Central, Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira and Rennell/Bellona…
The Shortland Islands FAMOA Council of Chief and Trust Board has expressed concern that no meeting was held since three years ago. SIBC’s stringer for Shortland Islands John Kotaru reports, Chair of the Board Sir George Leping has yet to call meetings to discuss the development projects of the…
MP for Central Guadalcanal, Peter Shanel Agovaka, says mining royalties should be increased to 10 percent from its current rate of three per cent, so landowners can receive a greater proportion of the royalties.
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, PAC, has expressed disappointment in Government officers’ lack of transparency during Committee hearings. The Committee made the comments in its report of the 2014 Supplementary Appropriation Bill.
The Premier for Guadalcanal Province Stephen Panga has called on the National Government to inform the people of Guadalcanal on the situation of the tailings dam in Central Guadalcanal.
While dengue cases continues to increase in the Honiara City Council, the Vector Borne Disease Control Program says there is no indication of dengue fever in evacuation centers.
The Disaster Victim Coalition Team, formed in evacuation centres in response to slow relief supply distribution, has announced it is working on a submission to the government and stakeholders on flash flood victims.
A Heavy Rain Alert is in force for Choiseul, Western including Shortlands, Isabel and Russells provinces. Heavy Rain Alert Number Eleven is issued by the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service at 5:00 pm Saturday last week.
A 55 year old Taiwanese national who escaped from a court ruling in 2009 was re-arrested by police. A statement from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, RSIPF, said this was after the accused and his co-offender have failed to pay out a large sum of money against them in 2009.
Makira Ulawa Province had received a new 40 Horse Power Yamaha OBM and Canoe from the National Government through the Provincial Capacity Development Fund, PCDF.
Recent flash floods at the Guadalcanal Plains earlier this month has helped to spread the Giant African Snail to places it has never reached before. SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer, Dudley Gani reports, people have sighted the snail in new places.
The Western region Gizo Zomo sports and Social Club has donated towards the Gizo Dengue Fever awareness program. Western Province Health Director Doctor Gregory Jilini received a cheque of 5 thousand dollars from the Gizo Zomo sports and Social Club President Henry Kuma this week.
A chupu ceremony was held this week for the people of Bahomea and Malango regions in Central Guadalcanal. The Chupu ceremony was a new initiative taken by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development to acknowledge the people of the land before the start of any development.
The Solomon Islands Government has banned 44 expatriate workers of St. Barbara mining company which operated the Gold Ridge Mine from re-entering the country.
The Government through the National Disaster Management Office, NDMO, will not provide “cash support” to people affected by the recent flooding but will provide materials and other tools to help people rebuild their homes and restart their livelihoods.
Magistrates are now constitutional post holders, following the passage of the ‘Constitution (Status of Magistrates) (Amendment) Bill’. The Act amended Section 116, subsection 3 of the Constitution by replacing Paragraph ‘a’ with a new one.
