Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare reminds the Solomon Islands Public Employees Union of the importance of dialogue and exploring the potential for partnership between the union and the national government. Officially opening a two days SIPEU Retreat today, Prime Minister Sogavare emphasized the need for more robust discussions, identifying ways to improve and enhance…
Assessment on the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Preferred Supplier Arrangement (PSA) public tenders for the supply of goods to the government through the 50 constituency is currently underway. This was after a public tender advertisement was put out by MRD in the local media on 23rd January until 2pm on 9th February 2023 where…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has lashed out at what he described as ‘total government negligence’ on medical drug shortages in the country. This followed media reports of lack of medicines and essential health care materials in clinics around the country including the National Referral Hospital (NRH). In a statement today, Hon Wale said the…
ROAD maintenance contracts costing taxpayers millions of dollars have been awarded to two companies in Honiara without being put on public tender, it was revealed this week. The two companies have little or no road maintenance experience at all, a former Public Works Department engineer, Onesimus Ramo told Solomon Star. Mr. Ramo said he was…
NEWLY appointed Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands His Excellency (HE) Rod Hilton makes his first official provincial visit since taking up office to the Western Province. His first was to Gizo on Tuesday morning where he met with the Western Provincial Government (WPG) executive. In Western Province he will spend the next few days…
WESTERN Province Premier Honourable Billy Veo wants to see more people in the province recruited for the Australia Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme. Mr Veo made this statement when meeting with the new Australia High Commissioner to Solomon Islands His Excellency Rod Hilton today at the Premier’s Office in Gizo. He said a lot of westerners…
THE Government through the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) will formally announce the new Provincial Secretary (PS) for the Western Province based on a recommendation from the new provincial executive. That’s according to the MPGIS Media Unit in an interview with the paper yesterday after two candidates have been interviewed. Since the…
Solomon Islands became the 185th Member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) on 26 January 2023, when it deposited its Instrument of Accession to the Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council, with the Government of Belgium as the Depository. The Instrument of Accession was deposited on behalf of Solomon Islands by the Ambassador to Belgium…
THE matter of five people accused of stealing products from the Solomon Islands Tobacco Company Limited in East Honiara during the November 2021 riot will return to the Court tomorrow. This is for Prosecution to confirm if the summons were served on the five defendants to face the Honiara Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The five defendants…
The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is happy to announce the application window is open for the 2023 cohort of USAID’s PROJECT Governance scholarships for graduate students from the Pacific Islands. Applicants from Solomon Islands are welcome to apply online through the link: www.eastwestcenter.org/apply/project-governance-graduate-fellowship-application Applications will close on…