THE first tourist boat to visit the country landed yesterday at Point Cruz. MV Europa carried more than 130 tourists who grazed the streets yesterday in the one-day visit. The tourists were taken to various attraction and memorial sites in and around the city. The boat left Point Cruz yesterday afternoon to Bike Island in…
THERE’S widespread lack of transparency and accountability in government expenditures, a major audit of government accounts, revealed. Missing payment vouchers from various ministries totalling more than $54 million could not be located, the audit, carried out by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG), said. Acting Auditor General Robert Cohen yesterday released his office’s findings.…
SOLOMON Airlines is still to confirm its timing to resume flights to Nadi, Fiji, following the lifting of the ban on Monday. General Manager Commercial and Operations, Gus Kraus, said the decision will be made when the delegation that did the negotiation return to Honiara. “We will need to have an audience with them before…
The Acting Auditor General, Robert Cohen, yesterday met with the Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament, John Moffat Fugui, and briefed him on the Office of Auditor General’s Annual Report 2014 that had been submitted to the Speaker just before Christmas. The Acting Auditor General provided to the Deputy Speaker a summary of the main…
Transparency Solomon Islands has presented its policy position and suggestions for the proposed Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to the Policy Formulation Team at the Prime Minister’s Office, yesterday afternoon. TSI made the presentation to assist the government in its planning to establish the ICAC and to present their position on the importance of having…
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The Solomon Islands National Examination Standard Unit (NESU) has confirmed there was a huge number of school drop-outs from form five last year. NESU director Linda Wate said this was due to the limited number of spaces in the few school that are providing form six classes. Mrs Wate said only 40 percent of students…
The Democratic Coalition for Change Government’s Policy team today assured Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) that the establishment of an Independent Commission against Corruption is a matter of priority in the Sogavare-led regime’s policy document. The assurance was made during a presentation by a TSI team on its position on the DCC Government’s proposed establishment of…
Suva, SPC – With concern over high rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a collaborative effort is getting under way to implement an ambitious sexual health agenda for the Pacific. Promoting sexual and reproductive rights and reducing the prevalence of STIs and HIV, adolescent pregnancy, gender-based violence and sexual assault – including…
THE re-building of the burnt down Malaita’s Agriculture and Livestock extension office in Auki will take some time to eventuate. Jimmy Saelea, permanent secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, said it will depend on the national government’s approval of their submission to the national budget. Mr Saelea said it will cost around $2 million…