PARLIAMENT Wednesday passed the Income Tax (amended) Bill, 2019. The Bill is one of the DCGA Government’s 100 days priority policy commitment. Minister for Finance & Treasury Harry Kuma explained the bill will increase the personal tax exemption, also known as the tax-free threshold, from $15,080 to $30,080. “This will see approximately 2,334 low paid…
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock’s Biosecurity Department has completed a clean-up of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) in Rennell Islands. It has also seen evidence of coconut trees recovering from the pest. The clean-up campaign was one of the first of its kind. The clean-up focused on six infected sites and communities in Rennell…
The Leader of Opposition Matthew Wale says the statement by the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister’s Office, Robson Djokovic is yet another attempt to protect himself and those implicated in the allegations of soliciting monies for personal gains. Wale in a statement yesterday said; “As the Leader of Opposition, my office has a…
ALL year six students have been placed to continue their secondary education in secondary schools across the country next year. That’s according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) Dr. Franco Rodie. He announced this during the MEHRD Annual Joint Review (AJR) 2019 in Honiara, Monday. “I’m pleased…
Insists Djokovic tries to solicit funds from them AUSTRALIAN mining firm Axiom Ltd has insisted the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Robson Djokovic attempted to solicit funds from them for his personal benefit. “Around the time when Robson Djokovic became Chief of Staff, he approached Axiom’s Australia-based chairman,” a statement Axiom’s Community Affairs Manager Philemon…
SEVEN tribes that owned aggregate resources in the Tina River area in central Guadalcanal signed an agreement with the Hyundai Engineering Company Ltd [HEC] to supply aggregate sources. Hyundai Engineering Company Ltd [HEC], a Korean firm, will construct the Tina Hydro Dam in Central Guadalcanal. The agreement signed Tuesday 3rd December 2019 relates to the…
Recent allegations in the Australian press and republished in local newspapers labeling Robson Djokovic as a convicted criminal are inaccurate, false, misleading and completely absurd. Djokovic made the statement in response to the manner in which Matthew Wale and Ryan Mount, have by virtue of their own defamatory statements, exposed themselves as desperate individuals with…
MISS Solomon and the first runner up in last week’s Miss Pacific contest in Papua New Guinea (PNG) says although her team could not snatch the crown, they won the hearts of Pacific islands. Gladys Habu and her team have arrived in the country around lunchtime on Tuesday to a warm welcome from supporters and…
OPPOSITION leader Mathew Wales has called for the sacking of the Chief of Staff for the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Robson Djokovic. He also calls on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who is Djokovic’s uncle, to reconsider his position as prime minister. Wale made the call after the Australian newspaper reported yesterday Djokovic…
The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Abigail Chang as the new Country Director for Solomon Islands and Kiribati. Ms Chang will take up her new position in Honiara in December 2019. She joins the APTC from the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) in Suva, Fiji, where she…