THE Government will bring an estimated $50 million supplementary budget in the upcoming sitting of Parliament next month. This is to allow Parliament to regularise the money, government spent under the contingency warrants, after it passed the $4.3 billion budget last December. Ministry of Finance and Treasury, permanent secretary, Harry Kuma said this is part…
The National Parliament Office is embarking on promoting a healthy workforce after all its officers underwent a Non-communicable disease (NCD) test on Monday and Tuesday this week. The health check for NCD was made possible after some senior officers of the National Parliament participated in a health program last year through an IPAM’s Leadership Development…
THE Pre-Employment Training (PET) under the Rapid Employment Project (REP) in partnership with the Honiara City Council (HCC) has trained thousands of locals and even helped a lot in assisting them find jobs. A recent statement from the Rapid Employment Project (REP) has revealed. “Since 2011, PET has trained 12,295 people in Life Skills and…
MINISTER for Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs Freda Tuki says that dealing with gender issues in the country is complex and difficult, but nothing is impossible if everyone work hard. MP Tuki highlighted this during the International Women’s Day celebration last week. “We have proven that we can move mountains,” she said.…
THE O’ori tribe who claims to be the real land owning group of Bina/Talifu land site is now questioning the government and the chairman of the Bina Interim trust Board, Dickson Maearia over the recent signing of the land title last week. The signing ceremony between the DCCG and the interim was hosted at the…
Kola Ridge Cemetery the only available cemetery in Honiara city is running out of space for new burials. Reports reaching this paper claimed that the cemetery is running out of space which makes it difficult to find space for new burials. The report claimed that when looking for space at cemetery, some peopleactually dig out…
A medical team from the National Referral Hospital (NRH) is currently providing medical assistance in Buala, Isabel province. This was confirmed by Dr Kaeni Agiomea from Buala who is also part of the medical team. In an interview yesterday, Dr. Agiomea said their current visit to Isabel is very timely and helpful as they help…
Members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Sub-committee on Legal and Institutional Issues (SCLII) have gathered in Honiara for the 12th SCLII meeting to discuss key legal and institutional issues. The meeting kicked off yesterday and will conclude today. In his opening remarks, the Chair of the SCLII meeting and Deputy Secretary at the Ministry…
A two days dissemination workshop program on Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) was in Auki this week. It successfully concluded on Wednesday. It was conducted and facilitated by statistician Alfred Palo from Survey Unit Statistics department and Raphael Aipaina Principal Statistician from the Ministry of Finance and Treasury. The workshop was held on the…
Solomon Star stringer John Toki has reiterated the general call of the chief from Sagalu ward in the North West Guadalcanal region to all landowners of the island to release their land for development. Mr Toki quoted that the chiefs of Sagalu have realised the barrier brought by land dispute to development in the North…