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The only bridge left standing, within the CBD area after the flash floods yesterday, has been blocked off by the police....

Australia has immediately pledged over SBD$330,000 to support Solomon Islands in the initial response to flooding in Honiara and Guadalcanal....

The police have confirmed to Solomon Times that 6 people have lost their lives due to the flash floods late yesterday afternoon, while at least 30 are still missing....

The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has warned Honiara residents to go to higher grounds, stay indoors and stay put....

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MUCH of Honiara city was on Thursday inundated as flash floods swept in as a result of heavy downpour which persisted over the past consecutive days. ...

Reports have stated that two people, a mother and her baby daughter, were killed after sudden flash floods swept through the Chinatown area, washing away the old Chinatown Bridge....

The MET division has warned boat owners to cancel all operations until the weather clears....

Homes have been inundated by heavy rain, one that has persisted for the past 36 hours....

THE political upheaval in Guadalcanal has taken another twist, with Assembly Speaker Abel Arambola facing accusations of taking a bribe. ...

Efforts to prepare the Solomon Islands for the impacts of climate change have received a US$9.1 million boost from the World Bank. The money will go help set up early warning systems to alert people if an extreme weather event is about to hit, helping to save lives in the event of tsunamis or other natural hazards....

The commencement of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports will support Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) GDP growth of 6% in 2014, picking up to a record 21% in 2015, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says in a major new report....

POLICE have employed an effective community policing method in their new wave of awareness programmes. ...

Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo is confident that Parliament will deliberate on and eventually pass the Political Parties Integrity Bill (PPIB) which is now before the Parliamentary Bills and Legislation Committee....

Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 29th March 2014 at Hyundai Mall, Kairos Conference Room....

The University of the South Pacific Students Association of Solomon Islands (USPSASI) campus has praised Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo for addressing the students’ scholarship issue....

J Boog is set to rock the stage this Sunday at the Heritage Park Hotel, with tickets said to be selling fast. His catchy hit, let’s do it again, put J Boog on the map, spreading his music to a wide audience beyond the shores of Hawaii, where he now resides....

IT was not piracy, although it looked like one. People of Zaira village in Marovo Lagoon were merely protecting their resources and environment when they held a log boat a fortnight ago. ...

The government needs a foresight and change of systemic approach in its budget allocation, says the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Referral Hospital Dr George Manimu. ...

The Permanent Secretary of Finance and Treasury, Mr Shadrach Fanega on Friday has confirmed that the implementation of the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) will be done in accordance with the requirements of the new Public Financial Management Act (PMFA) and its subsidiary financial instruments....