Another financial scheme promising millions of dollars in return for peoples investments has emerged in Temotu Province, and the Financial Intelligence Unit is warning people against it, saying it is ponzi scheme.
Former teacher and outspoken SINTA industrial relations officer, Samson Faisi is the new Secretary General of the National Teachers Association. SINTA has been without a Secretary General since John Lee Hatimoana became a Member of Parliament following his by-election victory in Ngella last year.
Vehicle owners and drivers in West Guadalcanal are concerned of overcrowdedness issues at the Savo Market in the White River, West Honiara. SIBC News stringer for West Guadalcanal John Toki reports, vehicle owners said people and betel nut markets are overcrowding the area and the close proximity…
Admitted patients at the Good Samaritan Hospital at Tetere, North Guadalcanal are not being fed meals by the Hospital. One of the patients, Selwyn Suba an Anglican priest, admitted twice at the hospital, told SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer Dudley Gani that the government must address this issue.
Over 2-hundred solar panels are set to be distributed to three wards in North Malaita. The Ministry of Mines and Energy delivered the set of solar panels under the Japanese Tech Pacific Environment Committee fund.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has today launched the Biometric Voter Registration system in Honiara, ahead of next week’s actual registration process. Today’s launch also saw the Prime Minister in a demonstration of the different stages of registration using the new biometric system.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has today approved a new project to help rural Solomon Islands communities mitigate and manage risks of natural hazards and climate change.
An elderly man in North Guadalcanal has accused the constituency’s Member of Parliament of disrespectful behavior, after the MP took back solar panels that were already distributed to him.
The Correctional Services of Solomon Islands Women’s Network has been awarded the inaugural Annual Australian High Commissioner’s International Women’s Day Award.
Former Premier of Guadalcanal Province Anthony Veke has disassociated his former government from the issues surrounding the selling of Doma Land to the Prime Minister.
The South Seas Evangelical Church has begun celebrations to mark its Golden Jubilee at the site of the mission’s first arrival – Ambu, Malaita Province.
New forms of electronic and mobile phone banking recently introduced in the country can boost and improve the basic services provided by rural Savings Clubs.
Bank South Pacific, BSP has brought banking to the heart of East Honiara. FF Store, owned by Alick Oitaloa and Fraser Fulesau is now a BSP Agent, and is equipped and able assist BSP customers to do deposits, make withdrawals and open new BSP Accounts in Gilbert Camp and surrounding areas.
Choiseul Province Premier Jackson Kiloe has questioned the accessibility of the new Biometric Voter Registration, BVR system for all citizens in the country.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force,RSIPF will organise its 2014 recruitment training later this month. Confirming this yesterday in her weekly media conference, Acting Police Commissioner Juanita Matanga said the training is scheduled for 14 March this year.
The Solomon Islands National U19 Football Team Fundraising Committee has sold twenty tables in the lead up to the gala corporate dinner event this weekend.
High Commissioner to New Zealand, Joy Kere has formally presented her Letters of Introduction to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in Wellington, New Zealand.
The Financial Intelligence Unit has issued a warning to the traveling public to declare currencies, of a minimum equivalent to 50-thousand Solomon dollars, that is brought into the country.
A shortage of lawyers within the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs has caused lengthy delays in getting Cabinet attention for the Law Reform Commission’s reports on corruption offences and sexual offences.
The Law Reform Commission has urged the Government to provide proper and adequate mental health facilities for people with mental impairment who are detained for crimes. This is one recommendation the Commission made in its report on Mental Impairment, Criminal Responsibility and Fitness to Plead.
