A SESSION to prepare Solomon Island for a first Global Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children (VAC) was held last week in Honiara. The upcoming conference will take place from the 7th–8th November in Bogota, Columbia. To prepare for the international event, the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children, and Family Affairs (MWYCFA), in partnership with the…
A 49-year-old father has been arrested for allegedly raping his own daughter over a period of time that eventually results in her being pregnant in a village on Isabel province. Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Buala conducted the arrest. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Isabel Province, Inspector Harry Vanosi said, “It…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Buala have arrested 11 suspects for different offenses committed during an investigation operation to Gao/Bugotu constituency recently. The 11 suspects have been arrested and charged for restriction on making liquor contrary to section 50 (2) (c) of the liquor act, house breaking and committing felony…
Seven suspects have been arrested for brewing kwaso (homebrew) at Poroporo village in Northwest Choiseul recently. Taro Police made the successful arrest. The arrest came about when information was received that a group of youths engaged in making kwaso. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Choiseul Province, Superintendent Berry Pogesopa said, “This has raised great concern from…
BSP Financial Group Limited is working to find a solution to the ‘Duplicate Transaction Issue’ which has affected a lot of its customers in Solomon Islands that perform a number of transactions on Thursday. BSP in a statement issued at 3pm today, Friday assured customers that its technical teams are investigating this issue to rectify…
SIG, UNDP inaugurate milestone Tool to operationalize iMRV roadmap and enhance climate information system in accordance with UNFCCC, Paris Agreement THE Climate Change Division (CCD) of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management, and Meteorology (MECDM) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the Solomon Islands National Integrated Monitoring, Reporting, and…
GUADALCANAL Province Premier Willie Atu has hailed the bilaterial relations between Solomon Islands and China, acknowledging the infrastructure transformational changes that it brought about in Honiara. Premier Atu praised the 5-year-old SI-Sino relations when a delegation from Jiangmen City of the People’s Republic of China’s Guangdong Province paid a courtesy call on him and his…
MAJOR earthworks at the new SBD $250 million Naha Birthing and Urban Health Centre in Honiara are now complete, with the pouring of concrete foundations commencing last weekend. Australian High Commissioner Rod Hilton said he was delighted with the progress of major milestones at Solomon Islands’ first Urban Health Centre. “The Naha project is well…
Solomon Islands has made its voice heard on the existing threats posed by sea level rise at the global podium by pleading to global emitters to take the leadership in drastically cutting down emissions. At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) high level plenary meeting on addressing the ‘Existential Threats Posed By Sea Level Rise’, Minister…
Solomon Islands signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday the 24th September 2024. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Peter Shanel Agovaka signed on behalf of the Solomon Islands Government. Minister Agovaka signed and deposited…