AS the country goes through the festive season and the New Year period, the country’s national flag carrier is expected to get busy. That’s according to the Solomon Airlines Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gus Kraus in an interview with this paper. “Its normal to expect busy period from December to January. We are hopeful but…
MPGIS to repay all entitlements for Caretaker Premiers CARETAKER Premiers of Choiseul and Western Provincial Governments will be compensated with the payment of their salaries and benefits backdated to June this year. The executives’ members of both the provincial governments will also be compensated. This was revealed by the Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional…
THE COURTS in the country will be going on Christmas Vacation starting tomorrow. According to notice of the Court Vacation the High Court will resume normal duties again on 16 January 2023. The High Court registry services will however continue to be open to the public but only for two hours. This is from 9am…
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Dr. Samson Viulu is calling on the 47 Member of Parliament from the provinces to utilize a majority share of their Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocations for the financial year 2023 in their constituencies instead of in Honiara. PS Viulu have toured some of the…
AFTER six months of waiting eligible voters of Choiseul and Western province will go to the polls this Wednesday to elect their new members of the provincial assembly (MPA). The one day election will be held throughout the two provinces after weeks and months of preparation. The election was supposed to be held on 14th…
THE decision by the Minister of Provincial Government Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) to dissolve both the Choiseul and Western Provincial Executive six months ago was a wrong decision. The National Government has admitted its wrong doing to dissolve Western Provincial Executive on June 13th which has been described as null and void. Initial reports said that…
The Central Islands Provincial Government has pledged support to the Solomon Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption, SIICAC, in its mandatory responsibility to fight against corruption in our society. Speaking during the ceremony to mark the International Anticorruption Day on Friday 9th December at Tulagi, Central Islands Premier, Hon. Polycarp Galaigu said that Central Provincial is…
Vehicle owners in the Malaita Provincial capital of Auki are calling on the responsible authority to fix the deteriorate roads within Auki Township. The call came following lack of action by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (MID) to maintain roads within the Township for the whole year. MID allocated a contractor to do six…
CLOSE to 40 members of the adventurers and pathfinders from District SDA Church located west of Gizo town, Western Province successfully held their weekend camp more than a week ago The camp was held at Suvania campsite located at the western end of Gizo Island. The program commenced on Friday 2nd December and successfully concluded…
HONIARA Senior High School set to expand its classes after the completion of its infrastructures under rebuilding project. The expansion includes Design Technology, Food Technology, and Computer science for Form six and Form seven students. School Principal Mr. Allen Siosi Ketei highlighted this during the school’s graduation ceremony last Thursday. His speech was delivered by…