Lilo plans come-back as polls open, Wednesday

FORMER prime minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says he’s contesting the Gizo-Kolombangara by-election to restore the constituency’s integrity, dignity, respect and recognition of its leadership. Mr Lilo was speaking in his final campaign rally in Gizo town yesterday ahead of today’s polls. He is one of five candidates contesting in the by-election. Close to 1,000 supporters…

Drug shortage crisis

GOV’T UGED: SACK THE PS By CHARLES KADAMANA    OPPOSITION leader Manasseh Maelanga has called for the sacking of the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health & Medical Services in the wake of the drug shortage crisis in the country. Mr Maelanga blamed Dr Tenneth Dalipanda for bungling of the procurement of medicine which he…

Tina Hydro is the best model

I’M compelled to contribute to the discussion on the PPP form adopted to develop the Tina Hydro Project basically to provide an answer to the question on whether Solomon Islands as the owner of the project (asset) stands to benefit under the PPP variant that has been chosen.  I believe the country needs to be…

Gizo/Kolombangara by-election

Will GDL break the election history? SOON after the by-election for the Gizo/Kolombangra Constituency was announced, voters rose from their three years of political snoozing and commenced their support and campaign for their candidates. Four men and one woman are contesting the by-election. Whoever wins will represent the voters and people of Gizo/Kolombangra for only…

Malaita supports Traditional Governance Bill

Malaita Provincial Government has expressed its full support towards the Traditional Governance and Customs Facilitation Bill 2018.  Malaita Provincial Premier Peter Ramohia assured the consultation team and chiefs at Buma community in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province on Tuesday. “Malaita Provincial Government executive is fully supportive of the Bill.”  Premier Ramohia described the Bill as a…

NRH changes sea-fare policy

THE National Referral Hospital (NRH) as of this week won’t be responsible for the repatriation of sick patients being referred from the provinces. This means payment of seafares by NRH account department to sick patients being discharged from the hospital will cease. However, all payments will be handled by the provincial health services. This was announced…

MINISTER DEFENDS ACTION

  Manetoali: I did it for my people By ANDREW FANASIA   FORESTRY minister Samuel Manetoali has defended his decision to exempt a logging operation in his constituency, which he is a party to, from going through the process of Timber Rights Hearing. Timber Rights Hearing, under the Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation Act, is…

Drug shortage

Dear Editor – Thank you for allowing me to make a comment on the above heading that was on the headline news lately. It was announced on the news that there is a shortage of medical supplies stored at the pharmacy department store at Ranadi, Prince Philip Highway. As citizen, I see this as a…

Fika clarifies report

  Dear Editor – In your paper yesterday, one Titus Fika responded to an article, which I had published last week about the status of Gulatata’e Shipping Enterprises Ltd, the entity that administers the LC Gulatata’e. In comments attributed to him, Mr Fika denied owning shares in the company. Extracts from Company Haus revealed otherwise.…

TOUGH CALL

SOLOMON Warriors Football Club (FC) president, Honourable Bodo Dettke has strongly urged the Warriors team to give more sacrifices in their preparation for the upcoming Telekom S-league (TSL) competition and the TSL competition. Dettke made the call during the Solomon Warriors Football Club presentation of awards over the weekend. Warriors eyes to make another impressive…