The Minister of Finance and Treasury Harry D. Kuma (MP) says the adverse impacts of the recent riot and looting of business and destruction of properties represent the largest man-made economic shock that Solomon Islands has experienced since 2006. The Minister revealed this on Tuesday when contributing to the Motion of Sine Die in Parliament,…
PREMIER of Western Province Christian Mesepitu has called onto the private sector development and local entrepreneurship to widen its revenue base. Premier Christian Mesepitu highlighted this key point last Monday during Western Province Assembly passes the budget as he outlined his five key strategic areas for implementation in his administration. One of his key strategic…
MEMBER of Parliament for South East Vella La Vella Constituency and Minister for Commerce, Industries, Labour & Immigration, Fredrick Koloqeto has appealed to his people to open up land for development. He was speaking in Parliament during the Sine Die motion, Tuesday this week. “I want to appeal to the people of Vella La Vella…
PRIME Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare is accusing Taiwan in supporting Malaita which led to the looting last month. Speaking in response to the allegation laid against him during the motion of no confidence on Monday , he said the innocent people of Malaita were being lied to by those agents of Taiwan. “What these people…
PERMANENT Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has clarified the issue of medical drug shortages that was raised in the media in the past weeks. Ms. Pauline McNeil stated this during the Oversight Committee Covid-19 update talkback show, Sunday. “There is about 35 items of essential medicine that is out…
A LOCAL scholar, Calvin Luiramo is looking to donate thousands of Science eBooks from his library to Honiara Senior High School. This was after he learned that the school was burnt-down during the recent riot in Honiara – the night of November 24th Wednesday. Luiramo is a Solomon Islands student currently doing his PhD research…
Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kwaio says he decided not to resign from the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DGGA) because he was democratically elected. He issued the explanation to clarify to the public why he decided to remain with the government despite calls for him to resign last month following the unrest. “I…
The Government will momentarily discuss transitions towards the new Federal system of governance under the ‘framework of our national unity.’ Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare stated in Parliament while introducing the Sine Dine motion this week. The Prime Minister remarked, the process towards meaningful decentralisation and its realisation is now. “As a responsible Government, we…
His Excellency Governor General and the Commander in Chief of Solomon Islands on Saturday 4th December 2021 has declared Malaita for Democracy (M4D) as an unlawful society under section 66 (2) (ii) of the Penal Code. The declaration was made after investigations conducted by Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have identified a number of…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Noro, Western Province, have saved a Telekom company building that was on fire on 7 December 2021. Officer Commanding Station (OCS) in Noro, Inspector Robert Hickie said that report from Telekom Technicians discovered that a server room located inside the main commercial office was on…