OPPOSITION Leader Mathew Wale says he is pleased with the government’s approach in terms of the fiscal policy response to the COVID-19. Wale said the Minister of Finance and Treasury Harry Kuma has stated that the government has taken three steps in its fiscal policy response to COVID-19, namely: Revision of budget projections, Reprioritization of…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Island (TSI) commends Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Kenilorea Jnr for reasons given with regard to his intention to return the money to the Economic Stimulus Package Committee. One of the reasons is that it is only a decision by Cabinet and not Parliament, he said. In supporting and commending Mr. Kenilorea Jnr’s…
THE Malaita Provincial Capital of Auki came to a standstill on Wednesday morning after a protest notice was issued to all Chinese to leave Auki within 24 hours. Malaita for Democracy (M4D) movement issued the evacuation notice demanding them to close their doors and leave the province. The issued notice clearly stated that the move…
A total of 104 passengers arrived at Henderson International airport last night, 10:15 pm local time with most of the tested negative prior to boarding the flight. The Solomon Airlines Airbus A320 left Honiara 9 am on Tuesday, made a brief stop-over at Biak Airport in Indonesia and then continued onto Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport,…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) is set to begin its second semester as of next week. SINU’s Public Relations officer Estee Logamei told the paper yesterday, this week is the registration week mainly for continuing students and also few new ones who are yet to be registered. Longamei said the majority of the new…
MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for East Honiara says the government must step up efforts to fight against the deadly virus, support health facilities, and pump more money into the economy. He was speaking on Tuesday in parliament while contributing to the 2020 Supplementary Appropriation Bill. He said given the threat from the virus worldwide, the government…
OPPOSITION Leader Mathew Wale says it is disappointing to note that the government of the day has forgotten climate change as one of the priority issues to be included in its 2020 Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2020. Speaking on the floor of parliament yesterday, Wale said climate change was never a priority for the government for…
‘Nurses await decision from ministry’ By ANDREW FANASIAHONIARA NEWSROOM THE Public health nurses will not be taking any strike action as they wait for the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to consider their concerns regarding their allowances. Speaking to this paper last night, the Nurses Union spokesperson exclusively confirmed that the strike will not…
AN East Are’Are man has expressed disappointment with his member of parliament (MP) for returning the $600K Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) allocation to the Oversight Committee. Henry Bartholomew Kahui said that the decision should have been well thought out so as not to victimise rural farmers in the constituency. Mr. Kahui went on to say…
Malaita to conduct a referendum on Malaita Independence MALAITA Province will embark on a provincial-wide referendum this month on the subject of Malaita Independence. The move is being proposed due to continuous pressure from the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) government for Malaita Province to accept China, a statement from Malaita Provincial…