‘MALAITA LOST MILLIONS’

MALAITA ‘CHEATED’ OF $185 MILLION IN APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PREMIER Martin Fini has introduced a $20.34 million revised budget in an 11th – hour intervention aimed at pushing forward its Malaita New Government for Fundamental Redirection Policy (MNGFR) initiative. At the same time Mr. Fini told the Malaita Provincial Assembly meeting in Auki yesterday that…

Tongs recognise female staff

TONGS Company has recognised and appreciated its hardworking and dedicated female staff as they marked the International Women’s Day yesterday. The company marked the International Women’s Day by recognising and appreciating its hardworking and dedicated female staff for their valuable contribution towards the company. “Upon celebrating the international women’s day, join us in recognising and…

PM briefed on ‘Opportunities SISCC is pursuing for submarine cable diversity and resilience’

Three years since commercial operations started on 1 February 2019, there has been significant increase in available international and domestic bandwidth capacity and usage. SISCC’s technology and business innovation together with good user experience has made it an attractive provider for domestic and international customers. Its growing traffic capacity cannot be fully offloaded to satellite…

“We are not detained,” Talifilu hits back

THE former Malaita Alliance for Rural Advancement (MARA) Political Advisor, Celsius Talifilu, has hit back at journalist, Alfred Sasako, for reporting yet another false and misleading information about him and the former Malaita Premier, Daniel Suidani. In the latest publication, the journalist mentioned that Mr Talifilu and Mr Suidani were detained in Fiji when in…

Solomon Islands Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Training

Recently representatives of the Australian Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) travelled to Honiara, Solomon Islands, to deliver mutual legal assistance training.  Mutual legal assistance is the legal process used to obtain evidence from foreign countries for formal use in a criminal investigation or prosecution – an essential part of the toolkit for tackling transnational crime.  The training…