EFFECTIVE award and management of government contracts is critical for quality service delivery and achieving development outcomes. Recently, a public procurement notice was published by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MOFT) declaring that contractors used to provide the service and maintenance of Honiara International Airport and the 21 provincial airports have expired since September…
Member of Parliament (MP) for West Guadalcanal and former Minister of Mines and Energy, Moses Garu is the latest MP to be charged for misconduct in office. According to the national broadcaster, SIBC, the Leadership Code Commission (LCC) formally charged him last Thursday. Chair of the Leadership Code Commission (LCC) Francis Luza said the charge…
HONIARA based Dovele community of North Vella La Vella, Western provinces celebrated Easter in style on Sunday as part of raising much needed funds to support a health centre in their area. The one day event featured a number of games, race, fun games and sales of food. Chairman of the program Conrad Rore said,…
Maranatha Church Choir from the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) in Honiara has toured Auki, Malaita province over the Easter break. The choir was led by George Tango. They arrived in Auki on Good Friday and were accommodated at the SDA head quarter in Auki. Speaking to this paper choir master Mr Tango said, as part…
THOUSANDS of people living in Honiara concluded their Easter celebration with muscle flexing when they hit the road for the annual Easter fun run, Monday morning. The annual Easter Monday occasion attracted children, youths, women, leaders, expats, locals, visiting friends and families, all dressed in their respective uniforms to participate. The route started at Lawson…
RURAL Development and Infrastructure are to be the prized items in the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government’s 2015 Budget this year. Finance and Treasury Minister, Snyder Rini, will bring down the $4.1 billion budget, the nation’s historic budget, when the 10th Parliament resumes later this morning. Dubbed the People’s Budget, the DCC Government, led…
A MAN has been fined $150 on Wednesday in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court after he confessed to having in his possession paper rolls and dried top of marijuana plant. Junior Fiduka, 23, pleaded guilty to the charge without a lawyer. He admitted having in his possession 24 dried top of marijuana plants and five paper…
A PRE-TRIAL conference will be held on 24 April on the case of the Member of Parliament for East Guadalcanal Bradley Tovosia and former Guadalcanal Premier Anthony Veke. The pre-trial date was fixed yesterday after Tovosia and Veke entered not guilty pleas to the amended charges of abuse of office and attempted abuse of office…
A YOUNG man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife with a scissors last year at GPPOL 2, East Guadalcanal,has been sentenced to one and a half year in jail, Wednesday. Junior Taro, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful wounding and was sentenced by Principal Magistrate Fatima Taeburi.Following an argument with his wife…
PERMANENT Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Lands, Housing & Survey Stanley Wale has reminded the public to be careful of conmen. He said certain conmen are going around with false land title documents and deceiving people to pay cash for their land title transfer. Speaking during the Public Accounts Committee hearing, Mr Wale said…