PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has been accorded a red carpet welcome in Taipei, Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan. The Prime Minister was given a guard of honour at a state ceremony held at the presidential palace on Monday. Prime Minister Houenipwela also held bilateral talks with the ROC Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. The Prime Minister…
Police in Malaita Province arrested eight people on 19 May 2018 for alleged damage of properties, using abusive words and brewing of kwaso. It is alleged that on Saturday 19 May 2018, six men in their 20’s and 30’s damaged a kitchen house and a kindergarten school building at Aenakafo, near Malu’u, North Malaita.…
WEST Honiara Constituency office on Tuesday has clarified that repair works on the road and drainage system at Independence Valley, White River, West Honiara was made possible through the intervention of the Member of Parliament (MP) Namson Tran. The clarification came following report in the paper yesterday claiming, the work was made possible through a…
The eligible voter of Gizo/Kolombangara constituency in Western Province will cast their votes to choose their Member Parliament, Wednesday. The constituents have been without a Member of Parliament since last November when Jimson Tanaganda lost his seat in an election petition against his 2014 victory. A woman is among the five candidates who will contest…
FORMER prime minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says he’s contesting the Gizo-Kolombangara by-election to restore the constituency’s integrity, dignity, respect and recognition of its leadership. Mr Lilo was speaking in his final campaign rally in Gizo town yesterday ahead of today’s polls. He is one of five candidates contesting in the by-election. Close to 1,000 supporters…
GOV’T UGED: SACK THE PS By CHARLES KADAMANA OPPOSITION leader Manasseh Maelanga has called for the sacking of the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health & Medical Services in the wake of the drug shortage crisis in the country. Mr Maelanga blamed Dr Tenneth Dalipanda for bungling of the procurement of medicine which he…
I’M compelled to contribute to the discussion on the PPP form adopted to develop the Tina Hydro Project basically to provide an answer to the question on whether Solomon Islands as the owner of the project (asset) stands to benefit under the PPP variant that has been chosen. I believe the country needs to be…
Will GDL break the election history? SOON after the by-election for the Gizo/Kolombangra Constituency was announced, voters rose from their three years of political snoozing and commenced their support and campaign for their candidates. Four men and one woman are contesting the by-election. Whoever wins will represent the voters and people of Gizo/Kolombangra for only…
Malaita Provincial Government has expressed its full support towards the Traditional Governance and Customs Facilitation Bill 2018. Malaita Provincial Premier Peter Ramohia assured the consultation team and chiefs at Buma community in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province on Tuesday. “Malaita Provincial Government executive is fully supportive of the Bill.” Premier Ramohia described the Bill as a…
THE National Referral Hospital (NRH) as of this week won’t be responsible for the repatriation of sick patients being referred from the provinces. This means payment of seafares by NRH account department to sick patients being discharged from the hospital will cease. However, all payments will be handled by the provincial health services. This was announced…