The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has injected a SB$5 million budgetary support to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) to boost the National Broadcasters services locally and abroad. This is an increase of SB$4 million dollars from the annual subvention grant of SB$1 million every year. The increase was drawn under…
Owed Gonokukufo Cattle Project workers in Malaita call on the National Government to settle longstanding labour arrears THE National government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) owes workers at the Gono Kukufo Cattle Project in West Kwaio, Malaita Province, the sum of $1,234,908.00 since 2016, it was revealed. And the cattle workers are…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has praised the Office of the Auditor General (AOG) following the release of the report on the audit of COVID-19 funds. The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has recently released the Audit Report that contains serious financial mismanagement of COVID 19 funds by the National Disaster Management Office…
HE was born and raised at Vonunu, on Vella, Western Province more than 80 years ago and was given a local name. And because of that, this English man holds the place dearly to his heart and called the place a home. Meet Kiko Rutter, 83, who was born around the 1940s when the World War…
One More Shot (OMS) has officially handed over $26,091.50 to the parents of Rosemary Leah Kelesi at their Kaibia home last Saturday following a week-long public photography campaign. This was the total sum of proceeds over the campaign period. Rosemary Leah Kelesi is a 13-year-old girl with a brain tumour. This condition has given her…
POLICE in Malaita Province have arrested a male suspect in his 20s for a double murder incident that took place at the Manu area in East Fataleka, Malaita Province, this week. The double murder took place on Monday at around 6pm when the suspect from Aisimae village used a bush knife to kill two brothers…
CLASSES at Gizo Primary School in the Western Province resumed on Monday after two days of suspension last week due to issues affecting the school’s sewage system. The school administration was forced to take the action to allow plumbers fix the problem which rendered the ablution block unusable. All students have been advised last Wednesday…
A MAN accused of threatening a Solomon Water officer who went to disconnect his water metre last October in West Honiara will appear again in court on March 7. This is for the setting of the trial dates to hear evidences. Walter Natei, 55, is facing one count of intimidation, of which, he already pleaded…
TRIAL dates are yet to be fixed on the matter of the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC), Robson Djokovic, who accused of fraudulent voting during the 2019 National General Election. This was because it is still in the Pre-Trial Conference stage. Djokovic had at the previous court…
SOME 400, 000 voters are expected to cast their votes when Solomon Islands goes to the national general election early next year. And 17th April 2024, is the date on the government’s election timeline, according to insiders. But the government’s planning appears to have run into a few snags, largely because there is no money…