The eligible voter of Gizo/Kolombangara constituency in Western Province will cast their votes to choose their Member Parliament, Wednesday. The constituents have been without a Member of Parliament since last November when Jimson Tanaganda lost his seat in an election petition against his 2014 victory. A woman is among the five candidates who will contest…
FORMER prime minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says he’s contesting the Gizo-Kolombangara by-election to restore the constituency’s integrity, dignity, respect and recognition of its leadership. Mr Lilo was speaking in his final campaign rally in Gizo town yesterday ahead of today’s polls. He is one of five candidates contesting in the by-election. Close to 1,000 supporters…
GOV’T UGED: SACK THE PS By CHARLES KADAMANA OPPOSITION leader Manasseh Maelanga has called for the sacking of the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health & Medical Services in the wake of the drug shortage crisis in the country. Mr Maelanga blamed Dr Tenneth Dalipanda for bungling of the procurement of medicine which he…
Malaita Provincial Government has expressed its full support towards the Traditional Governance and Customs Facilitation Bill 2018. Malaita Provincial Premier Peter Ramohia assured the consultation team and chiefs at Buma community in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province on Tuesday. “Malaita Provincial Government executive is fully supportive of the Bill.” Premier Ramohia described the Bill as a…
THE National Referral Hospital (NRH) as of this week won’t be responsible for the repatriation of sick patients being referred from the provinces. This means payment of seafares by NRH account department to sick patients being discharged from the hospital will cease. However, all payments will be handled by the provincial health services. This was announced…
Manetoali: I did it for my people By ANDREW FANASIA FORESTRY minister Samuel Manetoali has defended his decision to exempt a logging operation in his constituency, which he is a party to, from going through the process of Timber Rights Hearing. Timber Rights Hearing, under the Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation Act, is…
Intending candidate and a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP) Kenneth Bulehite assures the people, business houses and Gizo residents that his paramount task is to restore the water problem in Gizo. He made this statement during his two hours campaign in front of a good number of crowd and market vendors in Gizo…
THE Minister for Communication and Aviation says Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is very important to elevate the country’s socio-economic development but it needs preparation to fully exploit its positive impacts. Hon. Peter Channel made the statement during last week’s event to mark the National ICT day in Honiara. He said, with the Government’s perspective,…
CANADA: Guadalcanal Province is expected to witness an increase in the number of workers it will be sending to Canada this year as part of its International Human Resources and Foreign Worker partnership with CITREC Canada. Whilst greeting two more Guadalcanal-CITREC graduates at Canada’s Vancouver International airport on Sunday, CITREC Canada Chairman Mr. Ashwant Dwivedi…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has expressed the need for the Government to begin the process in seriously purchasing a CT scan for the country. The Prime Minister highlighted this when he visited Sony’s Medical Container Facility in Iwaki City, Fukushima, Japan recently. The Sony’s medical container is the latest state of the art innovation…