Latest News Archive June 2013

Saltwater crocodiles and access to electricity are soon to become Les and Kay Dawson's biggest concerns as they move to a remote area in the Solomon Islands to volunteer their skills.

Australian networking company, CBO Telecommunications, has successfully completed a large ICT project for the Solomon Islands Government with the deployment of a secure private network to connect 85 government offices.

The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry is concerned about the number of civil cases mounting up in the courts which are delaying major development projects.

Solomon Islands and Australia have begin a new era of cooperation with the transfer of RAMSI’s development programs to the Solomon Islands - Australia Partnership for Development.

Top business graduates of the Solomon Islands National University will now have sponsorship support from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, SICCI.

Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the Government will use results of the 2013 Peoples Survey as guidelines to develop its 2014 priorities.

Scientists of University of Alaska Museum discovered a new species of burying beetle from the Solomon Islands archipelago.

A Taiwanese fishing boat registered in Donggang Township, Pingtung County, has been detained in Solomon Islands since last week.

Local girl from Honiara Emma White has recently achieved her first solo in a Cessna 172 and is on her way to graduating from General Flying Progress Test (GFPT).

The Governments of Solomon Islands and the Republic of Korea have signed a Framework Arrangement to formalize the start of a Reforestation Project in Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands national futsal team head coach, Dickson Kadau, has named a 12-man line-up for the upcoming OFC Futsal Championship Invitational to be held in July in Auckland.

The new Turkish Ambassador to Solomon Islands, H.E. Reha Keskintepe has announced his country’s determination to enhance ties with Solomon Islands as steps are being taken for the two countries to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance engagement.

The 2013 Premiers Conference has ended successfully with a Six-Point Resolution contained in the Gizo Communiqué signed on Saturday.

MANILA, 21 June 2013 - Nearly a quarter of women (24.6%) in the low- and middle-income countries of the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region have been victims of violence by an intimate partner.

A Taiwanese researcher studying biodiversity on the Solomon Islands said Wednesday that he has found a rare plant in the South Pacific country traditionally used in Chinese medicine.

The East Rennell area in the Solomon Islands was inscribed today on the United Nations Scientific, Cultural, and Educational Organization’s (UNESCO) list of endangered sites due to logging that is affecting the island’s ecosystem.

Top seeded Solomon Islands kurukuru have been drawn in the same pool as New Zealand for the upcoming OFC Futsal Championship next month.

Korea’s largest tuna company Dongwon has proposed to build a multi-million dollar tuna cannery and loining plant at Doma, West Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has met Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs on Friday 14th June 2013 in Honiara.

The Government has signed a printing deal with local firm Pacific Printers Limited today.

There has been a reduction in the number of dengue fever cases being reported in Solomon Islands.

Solomon Airlines has paid tribute to the passing away of Solomon Airlines founder and aviation pioneer Laurie Crowley.

The Leadership Code Commission (LCC) has been called on to release the names of those charged under the LCC Act.

Solomon Islands international Benjamin Totori is the latest player to depart the Wellington Phoenix after agreeing an early end his contract with the A-League club.

Speculative mining companies, including those operating out of the Solomon Islands, may go under as they struggle to raise capital to continue exploration.

The Leadership Code Commission (LCC) has charged 21 MPs over alleged misconduct in office. 15 senior public servants have also been charged.

Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), who was in Europe to meet key German development partners, held meetings in Frankfurt with high level representatives of key German agencies to discuss development priorities and an enhanced partnership with SPC.

The Solomon Islands government has outlined a new borrowing policy for state owned enterprises.

The first Solomon Island community to request assistance from OceansWatch to help them manage their marine resources has had their marine protected area recognized by the Rennell Bellona Provincial Government.

The Solomon Islands were as far as the Japanese Imperial Army got during World War II in their push towards conquering all of Southeast Asia and Australia.

The Governor General Sir Frank Kabui has joined leaders and people of Temotu to celebrate the Province’s 2nd Appointed Day in Lata Friday last week.

Due to the untiring efforts of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme started by the Ministry of Health, a significant decline in the malaria cases of Solomon Islands has been witnessed.

Belief in sorcery and witchcraft is on the rise in the Pacific, experts warned Wednesday after a young woman accused of killing a boy with black magic was burnt alive in Papua New Guinea.

Transparency Solomon Islands is deeply concerned about a Government plan to take SBD$33 million Solomon Islands dollars from the Ministry of Agriculture budget and channel it through Members of Parliament, a move that has been widely criticized.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Community is working through the European Union-funded Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT) Project to support aquaculture farmer networks in the region. The latest one is the Sirinumu cluster in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

The Ministry of Health has used World No Tobacco Day to launch public consultation for new regulations governing the sale of cigarettes in Solomon Islands.

The Isabel Provincial Government is increasing investment in its social sector in rural communities around the province.

The 2011 recipient of the Tautai Trust Art Residency in Auckland, New Zealand, Selwyn Palmer is one of Solomon’s up and coming artists.

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Solomon Islands on Wednesday afternoon, just few months after a major earthquake struck the same area triggering a tsunami that killed nine people.

Government should allow Nauru Broadcasting Service to fully report politics leading up to this Saturday's general elections, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.

Solomon Islands may have to close off fishing grounds as part of a regional effort to control fish stocks within the western and central Pacific basin.

The people of Isabel Province has celebrated their 29th second appointed day on Monday at the provincial capital Buala with a call to free up their land for development.

The Member of Parliament for Maringe Kokota constituency in Isabel Province has welcomed the opening and handover of a government funded terminal building to the Province on Monday.

An Australian plastic and reconstructive medical team arrives in Honiara this week and will spend two weeks working at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara and Gizo hospital undertaking plastic and reconstructive surgery and training local staff.

Silentworld have just finished intensive training aimed at teaching staff to identify corruption in the workplace.

Pacific Island countries (PICs) should now be able to better gauge the energy efficiency of refrigerators and freezers with new energy smart calculators that were developed by SPC’s Pacific Appliance Labelling and Standards (PALS) programme.