SPEAKER of Parliament Sir Allan Kemakeza has resigned to contest the Savo-Russell seat in the November 19 election. Sir Allan told the Solomon Star yesterday, he took the decision at the request of his people. “Yes, I can confirm that I have resigned and that the decision was based on request of my people to…
MORE than 140,000 people of Malaita province now have improved access to better health services, with the opening of the Kilufi’i Eye and Non Communicable Disease Clinic at Kilufi’i Hospital. Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne, in his first visit to the province this week, officially opened the clinic in a ceremony at Kilufi’i Hospital which…
Titiulu: Yes, I’ve got the report ATTORNEY General Billy Titiulu, confirmed he received a report regarding an Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation into alleged corrupt payments Australian miners made to outgoing deputy Opposition leader Mathew Wale. The report was compiled by legal counsel for St Barbara, one of the mining companies that made the payments.…
A TEAM of six personnel from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit will participate in Operation RENDER SAFE 2014 from October to November in Bougainville. “The Australian Defence Force has been conducting explosive ordnance disposal in the South West Pacific and helping to build national capabilities in this area for many…
THE Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey is calling for applications for land allocation at April Ridge in Honiara. April Ridge is the name given to an area near Gilbert Camp Aekafo and Lau Valley in east Honiara, and the area is currently unallocated and owned by the Commissioner of Lands. Permanent Secretary Stanley Waleanisia…
AXIOM says it will recommence exploration at its Isabel Nickel Project this week after the Court of Appeal set aside the interim injunction instigated by Sumitomo on 30 September. Shares in the company in the Australian stock market are trading higher on the news. Key points of the decision included: – The interim injunction ordered…
THE Ministry of Finance and Treasury held a briefing session for the media on the Public Financial Management Reform Roadmap, where the purpose of the Mid-Year Budget Review was discussed in depth at an inaugural Media Workshop on the road map on Friday. The Mid-Year Budget Review was released by the Minister for Finance and…
THE nephew of outgoing MP for Fataleka Steve Abana has urged voters in the constituency to vote wisely in the November 19 elections. Billy Abana, who was the first born of Steve Abana’s brother Billy Buga, made the comments, claiming not much development has happened in the constituency in the last eight years. Billy said…
The European Union’s newly-introduced Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu has added another first to his portfolio as he settles into his role, seeing from the inside how regional surveillance over fisheries is being led by the Pacific’s Honiara-based Fisheries Surveillance Centre. As he made his first visit to the regional headquarters of the…
“BUILDING a strong Public Financial Management (PFM) system is everyone’s business,” a top government officer says. Supervising Permanent Secretary for Finance, Elizabeth Kausimae pointed this out at an inaugural media workshop on the new PFM Road Map in Honiara yesterday. She stressed that a robust financial management system will help achieve our collective vision of…