Dear Editor – This is in response to contention on your paper, issue No.7926 (Tuesday 31st August) subject “Acting IRD chief under spotlight”, written by Alfred Sasako. First, I would like to welcome any criticism in the media as an individual person, or any other person who have credible matters to talk about. At the…
Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) is flabbergasted to sight the Letter written by the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands to the Financial Controller of the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet informing him of full Caucus’s agreement with regard to the remaining balance of the Peoples Republic of China Constituency Development Fund for 2020. Caucus…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) has launched a campaign with the aim to get private sector support to encourage and drive vaccination as Solomon Islands continues its fight against COVID-19. The “Bisnis For Vaccines” campaign will reward anyone who has received their first jab and those who are fully vaccinated with…
THE country’s national futsal team, Kurukuru will kick off their Futsal Week Summer Cup campaign against Costa Rica in Pore, Croatia today. This is the first of four pool matches of the Futsal Week Summer Cup. Their second pool match will be up against Italy tomorrow September 2nd, Finland on Friday September 4th and Azerbaijan…
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, has rubbished the response by a faceless official within the PMO to his statement on the $200,000 PRC funding under the shameful so-called National Development Funds. “Of course you expect that kind of response from political operatives, whose interest is only their jobs and not wider national interest”,…
A dollar you invest in preparedness can actually save you seven to eight dollars of response in any disaster event. Therefore staging a simulated lockdown is not that cheap and easy but it prepares the country for any future disaster event that can cost us million dollars if we are not prepare. All the country…
A TOTAL of 32 arrests were made during the 36 hours simulation lockdown within the Honiara Emergency Zone. This was according to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), Assistant Commissioner and Operation Commander Covid-19, Mr Simpson Pogeava in a press conference yesterday at National Disaster Management Office (NDMO). Mr Pogeava said these arrests were…
THE Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement wishes to correct the leader of the Parliamentary opposition’s media statement claiming that the Prime Minister’s $200,000 NDF is not for development but for political expediency. This is not true. The NDF was first established by the ROC when they provided these funds for discretionary use by the Prime…
SINPF Board purchase new 10-year $120m bond THE Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) Board has purchased a new 10-year $120 million bond from the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) current $300 million bond issue. This is a new investment that will bring additional income of $6 million per annum on our members fund from…
THIRTEEN people have confessed to breaching the lockdown exercise that ends at 6am Tuesday, when they appeared at the Honiara Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday evening. The group which consists of 12 males and a female had pleaded guilty to one count of restriction of movement, a charge under the State of Public Emergency. One of…