TINA River Hydropower system will have the capacity to supply between 70 – 80 percent of the total power requirement for Honiara city. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare highlighted during his keynote address at the signing of the Financing Agreement of the Tina River Transmission System, Wednesday this week. The Prime Minister said he was informed…
“Gov’t must change payroll system” Pro to respond to proposal on $300k theft case Bangladeshi rape accused back in court, June 22 “Gov’t must change payroll system” THE Government needs to change its aurion system in the Ministry of Finance and Treasure (MOFT) to avoid losing more money as the system cannot detect over…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Naha Police Station Criminal Investigation Division (CID) are investigating the death of a 23-year-old male person in east Honiara on 14 June 2021. An initial report say that early in the morning about 3am on Saturday 12 June 2021, an argument over a mobile phone…
SOLOMON Power and the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific [AIFFP] have signed a multi-million dollar combined grant and loan financing agreement for the Tina River Hydropower Project on Guadalcanal. The project is expected to create more than 200 jobs during its construction phase before the hydropower facility is completed in 2024. Prime Minister…
THE matter of the Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office Robson Djokovic accused of fraudulent voting during the 2019 National General Election will return to court again on July 14. This is for his lawyer to update the court on the status of the appeal that he lodged in the Court of Appeal.…
• Company defies High Court Order, govt told to act • Operation illegally enters customary land, causes environmental damage • Fact-finding mission encounters life threatening incident ENVIRONMENTAL damage and lawlessness is obvious in parts of Small Malaita where logging operation is currently active as witnessed by this paper in visit to a logging operation site, Tuesday…
Opposition Spokesperson for education Hon. Derick Manuari calls on the Ministry responsible for education to immediately look into the need to impose mandatory safety standards and measures in relation to the planning and construction of school infrastructure; and to also organise a multi-sectoral approach to make available adequate space for all schools for the sake of our school children. The…
The Speaker of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, John Patteson Oti, on behalf of Parliament congratulates Hon. Peter Kenilorea Jr, Member of Parliament for East Are and Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee (FRC), on his successful appointment as the President of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Parliamentary Assembly and…
Guadalcanal Province (GP) Premier Francis Sade has urged the communities in Malango and Tasimboko to support the development of the John Coleridge Patterson University (JCPU). Guadalcanal Province Premier Francis Sade has made this call on Saturday during the dedication of a Foundation Stone and Unveiling of a sign board for the proposed establishment of John…
THE teacher accused of embezzling $1.3 million of the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) in 2017 and 2018 had been acquitted of the offence. Cecilia Samani Tome had been tried by paper than calling of witnesses for one count of embezzlement by servant. Her lawyer then made a no case to answer submissions after prosecution…