Prime Minister Honorable Manasseh Sogavare today congratulates Isabel Province on the election of its new Provincial Premier and the country’s first female premier, Hon. Rhoda Sikilabu. Hon. Sikilabu was declared new premier at the closure of nominations yesterday, as her nomination was unopposed following Sunday’s resignation of former premier Leslie Kikolo. PM Sogavare said, the…
THE matter of Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Guadalcanal Constituency Ethel Vokia and her husband Jaimie Jamie Vokia and three others has been adjourned to March 28. This is for the Public Solicitor’s Office (PSO) to confirm whether they will provide legal representation to four of the defendants including Jamie who sought legal…
Secretary to the Prime minister (SPM) and Chairman of the National Hosting Authority (NHA) for the Pacific Games 2023, Dr. Jimmy Rodgers last week updated CEOs of State Owned Enterprise and Corporate Bodies of the work in progress and appealed for their support going forward towards Solomon Islands hosting of the Pacific Games 2023 at…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has congratulated the new premier of Isabel province Hon Rhoda Sikilabu. In a statement today, Hon Wale said Sikilabu has made history as the first female premier not only in Isabel but also Solomon Islands as a whole. Sikilabu was declared as the new premier this morning unopposed. “I would…
CHAIRMAN for Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee and Opposition MP Hon Peter Kenilorea Jnr says he is concerned that authorities might be tightlipped over facts related to the guns shipment. This followed recent media reports of exposing very interesting information about the undisclosed guns shipment into the country. In a statement today, the MP for East…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has lashed out at the Prime Minister following claims he requested PNG police force’s return to provide security for the upcoming Budget Sitting. The Government has been tight-lipped over the arrival of the forces until photos were leaked on social media that the PNG forces were ready to board the…
Australia has delivered a new GeneXpert machine and 400 testing cartridges to assist the National Referral Hospital’s (NRH) molecular laboratory to diagnose COVID-19. This machine can return COVID-19 test results within an hour. It can also test four times the number of samples at any one-time compared to previous GeneXpert machines in use, providing rapid…