ROAD maintenance contracts costing taxpayers millions of dollars have been awarded to two companies in Honiara without being put on public tender, it was revealed this week. The two companies have little or no road maintenance experience at all, a former Public Works Department engineer, Onesimus Ramo told Solomon Star. Mr. Ramo said he was…
NEWLY appointed Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands His Excellency (HE) Rod Hilton makes his first official provincial visit since taking up office to the Western Province. His first was to Gizo on Tuesday morning where he met with the Western Provincial Government (WPG) executive. In Western Province he will spend the next few days…
WESTERN Province Premier Honourable Billy Veo wants to see more people in the province recruited for the Australia Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme. Mr Veo made this statement when meeting with the new Australia High Commissioner to Solomon Islands His Excellency Rod Hilton today at the Premier’s Office in Gizo. He said a lot of westerners…
THE Government through the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) will formally announce the new Provincial Secretary (PS) for the Western Province based on a recommendation from the new provincial executive. That’s according to the MPGIS Media Unit in an interview with the paper yesterday after two candidates have been interviewed. Since the…
Solomon Islands became the 185th Member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) on 26 January 2023, when it deposited its Instrument of Accession to the Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council, with the Government of Belgium as the Depository. The Instrument of Accession was deposited on behalf of Solomon Islands by the Ambassador to Belgium…
THE matter of five people accused of stealing products from the Solomon Islands Tobacco Company Limited in East Honiara during the November 2021 riot will return to the Court tomorrow. This is for Prosecution to confirm if the summons were served on the five defendants to face the Honiara Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The five defendants…
The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is happy to announce the application window is open for the 2023 cohort of USAID’s PROJECT Governance scholarships for graduate students from the Pacific Islands. Applicants from Solomon Islands are welcome to apply online through the link: www.eastwestcenter.org/apply/project-governance-graduate-fellowship-application Applications will close on…
The issuing of Solomon Islands passports at the Solomon Islands Consulate General Office in Brisbane, Australia remains operational. Solomon Islands nationals wishing to renew their expired passports can do so at the Consulate Office. The Solomon Islands Brisbane Consulate General established the Solomon Islands Passport Service in September 2021 during the time of COVID-19 when…
The Member of the Provincial Assembly for Ward 10, Iriqila in North Vella has called on to school teachers that were still absent from their schools since the beginning of the 2023 Academic classes. Speaking to this paper in an interview yesterday, MPA Freedom Tozaka says “as the MPA for Ward 10, North Vella, I…
The recent statement by the Hon. Premier of Western Province saying the State Government needs more research and cost analysis to pursue Statehood is undermining the dreams and visions of the past Western leaders. This is according to a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Ward 3 Nusa Simbo, Hon. Gideon Tuke. Speaking to…