Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has acknowledged the cabinet ministers for giving the approval for the procurement of the Computed Tomography (CT) scan. PM Sogavare highlighted that the cabinet’s decision then was the right one. “That “yes” by the cabinet to give approval for the funds to be committed for the project was a right decision,”…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has urged the Australian Government to investigate Australian Federal Police’s (AFP) dealings with a government MP in Honiara. In a statement today, Hon Wale has questioned the AFP’s deal with the Prime Minister’s power broker Hon Namson Tran regarding the rental of Tran’s beachfront property at Tandai, West Honiara. Hon…
THE labour mobility recruitment will not take in any new applications for the Work Ready Pool until assessment and interview for all applicants from last year are completed. Director of External trade George Tuti said currently they are still dealing with those applications from last year. “Only when all applicants from last year have completed…
THE Government’s controversial plan to extend the life of the 11th Parliament by 12 months could be defeated by requirements of the Standing Order, it was revealed yesterday. Under pressure by voters to drop the proposal, the DCGA government is understood to have agreed that Government Members of Parliament in particular travel to their Constituencies…
THE community of Kaibia on Friday last week received tools worth over $52,000 from the Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECCDMM). A statement from deputy director environment Debra Kereseka on Tuesday said the donation was made from the Environment and Conservation Division (ECD) 2021 Development Budget of the MECCDMM to support…
THE battle to further contain COVID-19 spread in Western Province was given a boost following a timely donation of 7000 facial masks thanks to Eagon Pacific Plantation Limited (EPPL). The free offer is part of a second batch of support after the Arara-based company on New Georgia donated several hundreds of masks in March. EPPL…
THE Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) is not responsible for the suspension of Malaita Provincial Secretary Fredrick Fa’abasua. The ministry made this clarification after a source within the Malaita Provincial Government claimed that the MPGIS permanent secretary Stanley Dick Pirione’s involvement in the removal of Mr Fa’abasua as Malaita’s Provincial Secretary. According…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has expressed his overwhelming joy to officiate the launching of the country’s own Computed Tomography (CT) scanner some 40 years after the nation’s Political independence. The procurement and set up of the CT Scan is one of the flagship policies of the government under the leadership of PM Sogavare. The…
OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Naha Police Station now have better working conditions to perform their duties following the completion and handing over of the refurbished Police Station in East Honiara yesterday. A RSIPF statement on Tuesday said the Naha Police Station refurbishment was funded by the Australian Government through…
ERANDA Kotelawala – the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Solomon Islands Ports Authority trading as Solomon Ports – has scotched rumours he has left the country quietly without telling anyone, including staff. “That’s an interesting news,” Mr. Kotelawala said last night, when asked about his departure, describing the reports as “typical rumours,”. He was on…