Abae hits back

Sore, Mamae must tell the truth, he urges FORMER chairman of the Honiara City Council (HCC) Finance Standing Committee, Cr Billy Abae has rebutted a statement from the office of the Mayor and City Clerk, over the recent revelation of unaccounted revenue collected for the sale of Fire Extinguishers by the Council. In a statement issued…

Missing money explained

The Office of the Mayor and Clerk has issued a statement in response to Cr. Billy Abae’s misleading claims of missing money from the fire extinguishers issued by the Council published in the Solomon Star.  To clarify the matter, the statement affirmed that as agreed by the Honiara City Council Core Coordinating Committee (The 4Cs),…

Pilot undergoes 14-day compulsory quarantine

A pilot is currently undergoing 14 days compulsory quarantine at the Guadalcanal Beach Resort Institutional Quarantine Facility at the Henderson airport area. The specialist Helicopter pilot was flown into the country on directives from the Prime Minister’s Office to help pilot a helicopter operated by Heli support in Honiara. The person who usually pilots the…

Counselling team abolishes mission

A TRAUMA and counselling team sent by the National Government to affected families of MV Taimareho sea tragedy was not allowed to carry out their program in West Are’are area. The team that took off to West Are’are to visit affected families over the weekend were turned back at Uhu village after the community chief…

Wale supports call for PPEs to provinces

The Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale calls on the government to take note of the concerns raised by the Director of the Malaita Provincial Health Services, Dr. Henry Kako early this week. The Opposition Leader points out that, “The bulk of our population reside in the provinces hence it is important for our overall…

Gov’t urged to monitor package

THE Government is being warned that if proper monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are not in place, the $309 million stimulus package will neither achieve nor fully satisfy its intended objective. Whilst praising the government and its leadership for launching the Economic Stimulus Package, the country must not repeat the same old story of misusing public…

Gov’t re-allocates resources

ALL government ministries have recently conducted a reprioritization exercise under the Resource and Productive Sector. This, according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, was taken in light of COVID-19. Sogavare highlighted this in his national address last Friday. He said under the reprioritization exercise, ministries are reallocating funds to identify priority areas and related projects. “Where…

In Court with Assumpta

Woman escapes possible jail term Male 23, jailed for public disorder ‘Stealing is a result of laziness” Woman escapes possible jail term A WOMAN who stole $10,000 from her employer in retaliation for the bad, shameful and demeaning words uttered to her by her employer has escaped jail yesterday. This was after the 12 months jail term…