Wale: high cost of living killing us By ANDREW FANASIA THE high cost of living in the country is killing our people financially. Member for Aoke Langalanga Mathew Wale uttered this in his debate of the Goods Tax (Amendment) Bill 2018. “Food and transportation, electricity, water, accommodation, basic healthcare system, basic education and clothing are…
I don’t receive funds; just an allocation says Rini Member of Parliament (MP) for Marovo Constituency and former Minister for Finance and Treasury, Snyder Rini says he didn’t receive any shipping grant from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (MID) in 2016. Mr Rini made this clarification yesterday following a call from a concerned woman…
THE sounds and style of music played by the famous reggae band, Big Mountain has taken party goers by storm, when they performed at the Heritage Hotel’s car park on Saturday night. It was a solid 2 hours of non-stop reggae music, which kept those that were attending the concert on their feet. They really…
WORK on the construction for the new landing stations for the undersea cable that wil run from Sydney Australia to Solomon Islands will commence as of next month. A source close to the project told the paper that Fletcher Kwaimani has won the bid to construct the four landing sites infrastructures in Auki, Honiara, Noro…
Intending candidates warned of changes to electoral law By IAN M.KAUKUI THE passage of the newly amended electoral law puts a hard warning to intending candidates for the upcoming National General Election in terms of how they perform themselves during their campaign. Solomon Islands Electoral Commission Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Mose Saitala urged the intending…
The fate of the two men accused of the murder of the Chinese business couple at their shop at Town Ground, west Honiara in April last year, will be known next in the High Court. This followed the closing submissions made by the defence and the prosecution on the matter of Jimson Goufi and Raymond…
NTF wants $112 million in Supplementary By AATAI JOHN LAUNGI THE National Transport Fund (NTF) that’s being used to improve infrastructure in the country is seeking another $112,000,000 in the supplementary budget. Senior officials from the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last week to reveal the…
PAC: OPMC must resolve RIPEL issue By ANDREW FANASIA THE Russell Islands Plantation Estate Limited (RIPEL) issue will remain stagnant if the government and the national leaders continue to politicise the position in the RIPEL Cabinet sub committee and other sub committee, under the Office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (OPMC). Opposition Leader,…
ACCUSED SPOTTED Witnesses identify two men in CCTV footage By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN TWO prosecution witnesses have identified the persons in the footage as the two men on trial for the murder of the Chinese business couple at their shop at Town Ground, west Honiara, in April last year. The couple’s security guard Jimson Goufi and…
DISGRUNTLED landowners on Santa Cruz, Temotu Province, on Wednesday faced up to an Asian logger, destroying a temporary bridge the logger built some six kilometres into the forest. A village spokesman, Glen Nhavie said the landowners of Nea village were angry the logger, Xingling Company trespassed into their land, destroyed their tabu sites and cut…