THE national government through the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) has endorsed Patrick Toiraena as the new Provincial Secretary (PS) for the Western Province. MPGIS approved the endorsement and appointment based on the recommendation from the Western Provincial Government Executive. Mr Toiraena will formally take up his new role once formalities with…
THE committal hearing of a man accused of the murder of a 15-year-old boy at Kukum, Honiara, last August will be heard before another magistrate. This was after Magistrate, Emily Vagibule Pakoa, recused herself from hearing the Long Form Preliminary Inquiry (committal hearing) early this week. The defence had made an application for Magistrate Pakoa…
MALAITA ‘CHEATED’ OF $185 MILLION IN APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PREMIER Martin Fini has introduced a $20.34 million revised budget in an 11th – hour intervention aimed at pushing forward its Malaita New Government for Fundamental Redirection Policy (MNGFR) initiative. At the same time Mr. Fini told the Malaita Provincial Assembly meeting in Auki yesterday that…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has described a payment of more than SBD $20 million made to Government MPs and certain companies in late 2022 as ‘an abuse of the public finance process’. Hon Wale made the statement based on the manner in which these funds were reportedly distributed, coupled with the nature of…
THE public has criticised the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) for the late release of the list of Solomon Islands Government scholarship recipients for this year. MEHRD Permanent Secretary, Dr Franco Rodie, has confirmed to local media that the total number of Solomon Islands Government (SIG) funded scholarships that will be made…
MALAITA Province’s 2022-2023 revised budget figure was increased by 28 percent from the original amount. This was announced by Premier Martin Fini in his speech at the 2022-2023 revised budget meeting in the Malaita Provincial Assembly chamber yesterday. He said the Revenue estimation on the revised budget stands at SBD 20,342,182 and the recurrent revised…
CORRESPONDENCE between the DCGA government and former Malaita premier Hon Daniel Suidani through the Ministry of Provincial Government has shown that the Government’s feud against Hon. Suidani is far from over. In a statement today, Opposition Leader Hon Matthew Wale said the third motion of no confidence against Hon. Suidani finally brought about the result…
THE former Malaita Alliance for Rural Advancement (MARA) Political Advisor, Celsius Talifilu, has hit back at journalist, Alfred Sasako, for reporting yet another false and misleading information about him and the former Malaita Premier, Daniel Suidani. In the latest publication, the journalist mentioned that Mr Talifilu and Mr Suidani were detained in Fiji when in…
Recently representatives of the Australian Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) travelled to Honiara, Solomon Islands, to deliver mutual legal assistance training. Mutual legal assistance is the legal process used to obtain evidence from foreign countries for formal use in a criminal investigation or prosecution – an essential part of the toolkit for tackling transnational crime. The training…
The Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP has congratulated all the women in Solomon Islands for various achievements in the areas of social, economic, culture and politics. Prime Minister Sogavare joined others in commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day. The Prime Minister said women have played a crucial role in our society to ensure we…