TWO permanent secretaries (PS) were sworn-in on Thursday at the Government House by Governor General Sir Frank Kabui. The two permanent secretaries are Nego Sisiolo who was reappointed as the PS for the Ministry of Public Service and McKinnie Dentana as the new PS for the Ministry of Finance and Treasury. He replaces Harry Kuma…
LIFE of the Honiara City Council’s (HCC) current political administration will come to its end Monday next week. That’s according to the council’s legal adviser Vincent Kohata. Mr Kohata said the decision to dissolve the political administration headed by mayor Andrew Mua on 17 December was based on advice they received from the Attorney General’s…
THE Chairman of the Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) and Member of Parliament for Aoke Langalanga Mathew Wale sternly argued that the Traditional Governance and Customs Facilitation Bill is flawed and it needs to be withdrawn. He made this strong comment when he debated the Bill on the floor of the parliament which resulted in…
Proposed law withdrawn from floor of parliament By ANDREW FANASIA THE Government on Thursday withdrew the controversial Traditional Governance and Customs Facilitation Bill after several MPs spoke against it in parliament. The bill was still being debated when Minister for National Unity, Reconciliation, and Peace, Comins Mewa was forced to withdraw it. Opposition leader and…
The Sikua’s 2018 Cup successfully ended with prize presentation at the Christian Outreach Center in Balasuna, North East Central Guadalcanal yesterday. The winner Geza A FC received a cash prize of $10,000 with gold medals and trophy while the runner up Balanga B received $7,000 with silver medals. The second runner up Green Snail A…