SHORTAGE of funds to pay for the Government’s Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) is putting “considerable pressure” on Customs and the Inland Revenue Division (IRD) of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury to raise the necessary capital, it was revealed Tuesday. “There is considerable pressure being applied on Customs and IRD to go after everyone –…
THE Clerk to the Western Provincial Assembly Kevin Paia has vacated his office having received instructions that his fixed-term contract had ended and would not be renewed. His departure has raised speculations among a number of provincial government officers and observers as to whether or not the action to vacate the office is procedural. In…
THE Revised calendar for terms and holidays for all the schools in the country has been released on Monday. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development Dr. Franco Rodie in an issued statement said, “This school calendar is to fulfill requirements as specified in (cap.69) Part IV section 18.1(C) of Education…
The three foreign sailors who entered the country during the State of Public Emergency (SOPE) period between November and December last year have been allowed to travel to Tulagi, Central Province. This is to fix the engine of their yachts that were anchored there. This was after some of their bail conditions were varied yesterday…
Leader of Opposition applauds the Foreign Investment Division (FID) and the other agencies involved in compliance checks on foreign-owned shops in and around Honiara recently. Matthew Wale in a statement said it is important that the laws of the country are complied with. “The only way to ensure that this is the case is that…
THE Government through the Ministry of Education is set to release all school results this week. Information obtained by the paper from the ministry revealed the result will be for students doing their forms one, four, six and seven this year – 2021. Its understood the Minister of Education Lanelle Tanangada is waiting for the…
THE residents and government employees in the Isabel Province headquarter are badly affected by network outage from Saturday till Tuesday. Reporting from Buala Natasha Eta who works and resides there said the network outage really affects them. “We cannot make any calls via our office landline and mobiles everything just shut down,” she added. When…
Students of Su’u National Secondary School (NSS) in Malaita Province who will be returning for academic learning in two weeks’ time are calling on the school education authority to address the long-standing water problem at the school. Its understand the school has been facing a water problem since last year. Speaking to the Solomon Star a…
WEIGHTLIFTING athletes are asked to resume training as soon as possible. The call was made by coach and athlete, Jenly Wini yesterday. Ms. Wini who is currently the country’s top weightlifter said it is important that athletes resume training as important competitions are coming up. One of the ongoing competitions is the online weightlifting competition…
The month of December 2020 had seen the highest number of repatriated citizens from overseas. This was revealed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavere in his weekly nationwide address. The PM said that the country had recorded 821 people being repatriated in the month of December alone. “In the month of December alone, we brought in…