WITH the festive season now here and Christmas is going to be celebrated this weekend, more and more people are now traveling back to their provinces to spend the last two weeks of this month to celebrate Christmas and New Year in their villages. Western Province is no exception. Since last week the Western Provincial…
Recuperation leave granted THE National Government under the leadership of Manasseh Sogavare is aware of the challenges faced by all public servants, therefore, granted an additional 3.5 days recuperation leave to all government workers. He made the announcement in his COVID-19 weekly nationwide address yesterday. “2020 had been a challenging year. “The National Cabinet…
The Opposition Leader, Hon. Mathew Wale calls on the prime minister to tell the truth and explain the reasons for the sacking of Hon. Commins Mewa from the forestry portfolio. “There have been conflicting statements by the media about this saga and the public has the right to the truth. “It would be a real…
Work on the construction of the 2023 Pacific Games Multi-Purpose Futsal Stadium has officially commenced, Monday. The commencement of work was officially declared during a groundbreaking ceremony officiated by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. The ceremony was held at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Panatina campus sports ground in East Honiara. A number of guests,…
MINISTER of Finance and Treasury Harry Kuma says around $114.5m from the $309m estimate budget for the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) announced by the Prime Minister in March, is still to be injected into the economy. Mr. Kuma announced this on the floor of Parliament during the recent Sine-die motion after declaring that $184.5million…