THE much-awaited debate on the 2021 Government Budget was suspended after Opposition Leader and Member for Aoke/Langalanga Mathew Wale asked the concurrence of the Prime Minister to have the debate adjourned to tomorrow (Friday). Wale told the Parliament this is to allow a bit of time for Members of Parliament to read and formulate their…
THE Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) continues to seriously recognise the rural sector development as stated in the 2021 budget. Minister for Finance and Treasury Harry Kuma told the parliament when he presented the 2021 Appropriation Bill 2021, Tuesday. “Mr. Speaker, as this Honorable House would fully appreciate, the Solomon Islands cannot realise its…
THE Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani urges his people to do away with negative mindset and think the best for Malaita Province. Premier Suidani said when terms like land dispute and lack of development come into mind, the first province that people think of is Malaita. He added this has triggered some Malaitans to think…
‘Sinopharm vaccine from China’ THE Government of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has donated 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine to the Solomon Islands. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced this in his nationwide address. “We expect the 50,000 doses to arrive in the country on 11 April 2021,” Sogavare said. He further explained…
* Magistrate: Trial of ‘disabled’ rape accused must proceed * Trial on fatal accident vacated * Woman accused of assaulting court clerk to plea Magistrate: Trial of ‘disabled’ rape accused must proceed A HONIARA Magistrate had insisted that the trial of a disabled man accused of raping a young woman with disability at Rove, West Honiara must…
A MAN who allegedly broke into the Planning office unit of the Honiara City Council (HCC) in Honiara in February will be entering his plea to the allegation against him on April 20. Daniel Lamotu who faces one count of housebreak-in and committing felony appeared in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court, Tuesday. The court had heard…
OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Tetere Police Station in Guadalcanal Province have arrested five suspects following an arson incident that happened at Teubala Village, North Guadalcanal on 5 April 2021. An initial report on the incident says a group of people from Tuebala Village went to Ghavagha Village to…
A 12-YEAR-OLD male had been arrested for allegedly raping his four-year-old cousin sister at Maokao Village, Marumbo in West Guadalcanal on March 21. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau told reporters at his weekly conference that the 12-year-old male suspect is yet to be charged. “The alleged victim was left with the parents of the suspect to…
The Western border continues to pose a greater cause of concern to the country in relation to COVID-19 security. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare highlighted this in his nationwide address, Tuesday. Sogavare said with the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Papua New Guinea (PNG), it is highly likely that numbers of COVID-19 in Bougainville…
• 2021 Budget into 2nd reading • SIEA tariff rates reduction by May THE government had decided to guide the development of the 2021 budget from a ‘top-down approach. Minister for Finance and Treasury Harry Kuma said this when he delivered the 2021 Budget speech in the parliament, Tuesday. “Let me now turn to…