West, a top performer in PCDF projects

Western Province is one of the top performing provinces under the Provincial Constituency Development Fund (PCDF) for the past15 years with a record of 381 projects have been undertaken. Western Province Premier Billy Veo in his Sine Die Motion speech on Friday highlighted this. “Records under the Ministry of Provincial Government since the interception of…

Unauthorised contractor will not be granted

THE Honiara City Council (HCC) will only honour contractors authorised by the City Clerk. A noticed issued by the HCC City Clerk stated that Solomon Islands Government Ministries, State-Owned Enterprises, Private Sector Entities and Individuals that no procurement contracts for small works will be recognised and honoured by HCC unless prior approval is obtained from…

Malaita announces revised budget estimates

MALAITA Province’s Minister of Finance, Nelson Lenty, has announced the province’s revised 2022-2023 Budget Estimates in the Malaita Provincial Assembly.  Mr Lenty, on Monday this week, announced that the total Revenue Budget Summary is estimated at SBD 24,819,672, whilst the total Expenditure Budget Summary is estimated at SBD 24,819,672. He added that the total Recurrent…

SILENTWORLD NEGOTIATING THE PURCHASE OF EX-SOLOMON TAIYO FACTORY SITE

SILENTWORLD – the foreign-owned shipping logistics and fuel re-sales outfit in Honiara with strong links to the Australian government – is negotiating the purchase of the former Solomon Taiyo factory site at Tulagi. Solomon Islands National Provident (SINPF), which owns the prime seafront site confirmed yesterday it and Silentworld are negotiating the sale and purchase.…