Sources: The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Solomon Islands caretaker Minister for Home Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Manasseh Maelanga, the minister responsible for declaring national public holidays, has announced that the upcoming National Election day, Wednesday, November 19, 2014, would once again be declared a national non-working public holiday in the Solomon Islands. [full story]