The Ministry of Finance and Treasury, confirmed that all Civil Servants this week received their 2024 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increment of 3% in their salaries. This includes about 5,290 established (including immediate former Members of Parliament) and 600 non-established staff, and 1,260 casuals in all the Ministries and Departments and 76 pensioners. This…
Forty-eight (48) former Members of Parliament (MPs) are seeking re-election on the 17th April Joint National General Elections 2024. This was revealed via a research report produced by the Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI). A total of six former Members of Provincial Assemblies (MPAs) out of the nine provincial assemblies are contesting the national…
THE national economy is growing and the government’s finance has been sound in the last two months. This economic growth and financial stability were recorded after the country came out of the COVID-19 pandemic and Honiara November 2021 Riot. The Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) Permanent Secretary Dentana Mckinnie told a press conference on…
THE Western Province Member of Provincial Assembly for Ward 7, Rence Sore said political leaders, especially candidates and Party Wing Leaders, should be careful about what they utter during the campaigns. MPA Sore was addressing a gathering at Barokoma during the People’s First Party Candidate Campaign launch last week. He said he and the people…
SOLOMON Airlines is expected to resume its weekly service to Kagau in North East Choiseul today after the airport was temporarily closed few weeks ago. Initial reports said the airport, which is situated on a privately owned island, was temporarily closed some time ago due to a theft incident. Because of the incident, it was…
LOOKING at the political history of instability in the country, how differently would your party lead our country from the past government? Dr Alice Pollard posed this question to a team of panelist during ‘Voice Blo U’ – an audience-led interactive session in Honiara recently. In his response to the question, Vice President of the…
FORMER Member of Parliament for West Honiara Constituency, Namson Tran has denied claims of purchasing land through corrupt means. The former Chairman of Caucus took a stand against baseless accusations made by opposing candidate Wilson Mamae and the leader of the Coalition for Accountability Reform and Empowerment (CARE) party during their recent campaign. “They alleged…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) and Save the Children Solomon Islands (SCSI) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing their education partnership to progress the priorities of the National Education Action Plan (NEAP) 2022-2026. The MOU was signed by Permanent Secretary, Dr Franco Rodie and SCSI Country Director Lisa…
HONIARA City Mayor Edward Siapu has expressed his satisfaction with the progress of the Honiara Central Market Western Extension, a project initiated during his leadership tenure at the Honiara City Council. Funded by the Australian Government in collaboration with the council, this SBD10 million endeavor aims to provide better infrastructure for market vendors. Mayor Siapu,…
THE wife of the Caretaker Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described the In-depth Solomons article titled ‘Solomons PM Has Millions in Property, Raising Questions Around Wealth’ as a publication by unethical journalists who hold themselves as seasoned journalists. The report, published on In-depth Solomons website, was put together by OCCRP and In-depth Solomons. OCCRP stands…