The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) will be convening a one-week meeting on the draft Federal Constitution for Provincial Premiers in Gizo, Western Province, from 3-6 April 2023. The meeting is to present the Draft Federal Constitution to the Premiers and explain its features, challenges, and implications, and to seek their views…
The High Court sentences a man to six years imprisonment for 2016 White River playing field stabbing incident which left another man dead THE man who caused the death of another man at the White River playing field, West Honiara, in 2016 by stabbing him with a knife has been sentenced to six years in…
MALAITA Provincial Finance Minister, Randol Sifoni, has called on all leaders in the Malaita Provincial Assembly to work together to improve the provincial revenue collection. Mr Sifoni made the call when delivering his 2023-24 budget speech on the floor of the assembly on Tuesday. He said the Provincial Government needs all leaders to assist the…
FIVE of the students from Vanuatu who recently arrived in the country to undertake nursing studies are with the Seventh-day Adventist-owned Atoifi Nursing College in East Kwaio, Malaita Province. The five students who arrived in the country earlier this month have settled down at the college. They were accompanied to Atoifi by a Solomon Islands…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has slammed the Government’s ongoing excuse that the current drug shortage in the country is ‘cyclical’. In a statement today, Hon Wale said his office has received information from health authorities around the provinces that there are currently a serious drug shortage situation around the country. Following reports of drug…
THE Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) has clarified recent media complaints by members of the Western Provincial Assembly about their accommodation allowances during the initial formation of the Western Provincial Executive Government early this year. In a statement yesterday, Permanent Secretary Stanley Dick Pirione said the allowances were paid through their individual…
THE Ministry of Infrastructure Development has released details of Constituencies that have bought ships with funding from the controversial shipping grants. Permanent Secretary, Stephen Maesiola, released the details in response to a question submitted to the recent Government weekly news conference. According to Mr Maesiola, of the 14 Constituencies on the list, only nine (9)…
CCECC rules out any political clout in being awarded the LMCP project to build port facilities in Solomon Islands amidst regional media reports of the possible exploitation of these facilities by China to provide access for its navy into the region THE decision to award the Land and Marine Connectivity Project (LMCP) Port Package contract…
LIFE saving medical supplies have begun arriving in Solomon Islands from Australia this week. Australia is working in partnership with Solomon Islands to address the current shortage of medical supplies and to avoid stock outs of essential medicines in the lead up to and during the 2023 Pacific Games. A statement from Australian High Commission…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the National Emergency Management and Special Event Planning Department (NEMSEP) have completed Pacific Games (PG23) Security Planning Workshop conducted by China Police Liaison Team (CPLT) at Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara recently. Acting Director, NEMSEP Department Inspector Harry Poutz Vanosi says, “I appreciate the training…