US JILTS PIF

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna, seeks invite to Biden-Pacific Leaders’ Summit after hearing reports of no plans by Washington to invite him THE Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, is in the United States in the hope US President, Joe Biden, would change his mind and invite him to…

SNGC embarks on sanitation project

SANITATION is amongst South New Georgia-Rendova-Tetepare Constituency (SNGC) priorities as it takes necessary steps toward implementation of its sanitation project. Constituency Project Officer (CPO), John Dokese said implementation will target households, schools and churches. He said their constituency office team is taking serious steps toward its implementation to guarantee access to proper sanitation by constituents.…

$2.34-billion CDF racket

THE nation’s 50 Constituencies raked in more than $2.34 billion in grants from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in the eight years to 2022, according to the latest figures on disbursements. According to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Samson Viulu, this year alone each Constituency received $6.8 million, which include…

MONETARY POLICY STANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 2022

At its monetary policy meeting on 22nd September 2022, the Board of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands decided to adopt an accommodative monetary policy stance, geared more towards taming inflation for the next six months.  The decision follows the need to continuously support a durable recovery while ensuring that inflation remains intact going forward.  Economic…