CDF grants are under scrutiny as government officials commenced discussions on the inconstancies in the legality of their disbursement SENIOR government officials have begun a series of meetings to address what is described as the “inconsistencies” in the legality of disbursing grants from the multi-million dollar Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Representatives of key government ministries…
THE GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has refuted reports that it had attempted to block nurses from working overseas. In a statement the ministry said, it was startled by the Island Sun front-page report on Thursday last week, that health officials are working on, what it described as “Blocking” nurses…
Washington re-establishes diplomatic presence in Solomon Islands after almost 30 years of withdrawal The United States (US) Embassy will accelerate the vital collaboration in building the decades of ties between the US and Solomon Islands after 30 years of diplomatic absence in Honiara. US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, made this assurance during the…
GUADALCANAL Plantation Palm Oil Limited 3 (GPPOL 3) workers who had gone on strike for the removal of the company’s Field Plantation Manager, Syfig Rusepini, resumed work on Thursday. This came about after the GPPOL Management ironed out issues that led to the strike on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. In an interview with Solomon Star…
SETTING up of the Malaita Province Resources Management Advisory Committee is the way forward for donor-funded development in Malaita Province. Malaita Premier, Daniel Suidani, expressed this sentiment after the establishment of the Malaita Province Resources Management Advisory Committee, which is working on the ground with USAID and Winrock. Premier Suidani said this process is the…
Men in custody for armed robbery THREE men have been arrested and charged for allegedly robbing over $100,000 including Chinese currencies at the Holiday Resort Motel at Henderson, Guadalcanal on January 20. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau, at his first weekly media conference for this year, said the trio are currently remanded in custody. He said…
THE Honiara City Council (HCC) has failed to shut-down illegal markets by the lapse of the deadline it had given and illegal markets remain operational. Mayor Eddie Siapu last week warned vendors operating in illegal market venues within the Honiara City Council jurisdiction last week that January 31 was the deadline for them to relocate…
NOT many people on Malaita are convinced, let alone accept the rationale for the No Confidence motion being moved against Premier Daniel Suidani. For one thing, timing to the next election is far too short. Only five more months to the next provincial government election. The protagonists argue there’s little time to do anything if…
The Solomon Islands Government today congratulates Solomon Water together with its partners – the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank and members of the Kongulai Community in a ground-breaking ceremony which marked the beginning of the project’s construction phase. The project will provide better access to safe water and improve sanitation in urban areas…
LEADER of Opposition, Matthew Wale, has slammed plans by the Government to restrict local nurses from seeking job opportunities overseas. The Opposition Office is aware that nurses are planning a mass departure to work at Aged Care Centres in Australia with offers also in Vanuatu. Mr Wale said the Government through the Health Ministry and…