GG calls for general consensus plan

THE Governor General, Sir David Vunagi, has called for the establishment of a ‘general consensus plan’ for the training and effective utilisation of the country’s human resource. Sir David made the call in his 2023 National New Year’s Address over the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation. He said after 44 years of independence, Solomon Islands should…

HEFTY SALARY INCREASES PROPOSED FOR MPS

SOLOMON Islands farewelled 2022 with a hefty pay raise for its 50 Members of Parliament. The Parliamentary Entitlements Commission [PEC] – the legal body that regulates terms and conditions for Parliamentarians – is proposing increases in salaries and other parliamentary entitlements to be effective from April 1 next year, a PEC confidential document has revealed.…

LEADERSHIP FEARS

WP Assembly members urged to choose right premier as lobbying reaches new heights and amidst concerns about the integrity of a premier candidate AS lobbying intensifies for a new premier and the formation of the next Western Provincial Government (WPG), the 26 Members of the Western Provincial Assembly are called on to choose the right…

PM DISAPPOINTED

National Transport Core Initiative remains stagnant PRIME Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has expressed disappointment that the much talked about National Transport Core Initiative (NTCI) signed in 2019 has failed to make any progress three years on. The National Transport Core Initiative is worth US$855m (SBD6.5b) and is expected to create more than 2700 jobs. The project…