The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) recently conducted a consultation on the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) Act 2023 draft regulation and its drafting instructions for Choiseul Province stakeholders. Held at the provincial headquarters, Taro, on August 23, 2024, the consultation was to get invaluable insights and inputs from the Choiseul Provincial Government (CPG) and stakeholders…
Head of Solomon Islands delegation to the 79th United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Peter Shanel Agovaka delivered Solomon Islands National Statement to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday evening (New York time). Foreign Minister Agovaka said, this year’s theme: “Leaving no one behind: acting together for the advancement…
Solomon Islands reaffirms its supports for the implementation of the United Nations Fourth Decade for the eradication of colonialism. Head of delegation to this year’s United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka affirmed while presenting Solomon Islands National Statement at the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Saturday. …
Global institutions created to deal with conflicts are out of date and need urgent reform if they are to remain relevant. Minister of Traditional Governance, Peace and Ecclesiastical Affairs Hon. Jaimie Lency Vokia made the emphasis while presenting Solomon Islands statement at the Group of SEVEN PLUS (G7+) High Level Summit in New York on…
HONIARA City Mayor Eddie Siapu has highlighted some of the municipal authority’s areas of needs to the visiting delegation from the Jiangmen City Municipal Authority of China’s Guangdong Province. Honiara City and Jiangmen signed a Sister Relationship Memorandum of Agreement on 19 May 2022 and the areas of needs raised by Mayor Siapu were intended…
HONIARA City Council (HCC) has been boosted with two new vehicles thanks to Jiangmen City Municipal Authority of China’s Guangdong Province. The ceremonial key, marking the donation of the two new vehicles, was handed over to Mayor Eddie Siapu on Friday by the Chairman of the Jiangmen Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference,…
A team of senior officials from the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) paid a courtesy call to the President of Noro Town, Fred Napthalae on Thursday 26 September. The team was in Noro, for a consultation on the CDF Act 2023 draft regulation and its Drafting Instructions, with the Noro Town Council, the public, and…
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…