The Western Provincial Public Accounts Committee (PPAC) has been facing a hard time after tackling its first onerous of scrutinizing the appropriation Bill 2022/2023 have again been bogged down with budget shortcomings. This was according to the Chairman of the PPAC, Hon. Isaac Vula Tatapu. He highlighted this issue during last week’s Full Assembly Meeting…
Fourteen officers from Police Response Team (PRT) and Operational Safety Training (OST) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first Public Order Management (POM) training conducted by China Police Liaison Team (CPLT) on 25 March 2022 at Rove Police Headquarters. During the two weeks training beginning from 14 March 2022, RSIPF…
MEMBERS of the public who are seeking the services of Solomon Finance Ltd (SFL) should go to its office at the Anthony Saru Building and not the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) office. SFL issued this statement today to notify SINPF members who are enquiring about loans from SFL through SINPF. “Please take note…
Govt’s financial woes hit rock bottom as suppliers limit vital supplies THE nation’s financial crisis appears to have hit rock bottom as suppliers retaliate by slashing supplies for non-payment of outstanding bills. The judiciary is the first of the victims. Staff of the Magistrates Court in Honiara were forced to stay home part of the…
MEMBERS of Parliament (MP) will debate whether to extend the State of Public Emergency (SOPE) for additional four (4) months or not. Therefore, Governor General Sir David Vunagi said he will leave the matter for Parliament to decide. Sir Vunagi revealed this when delivering the speech from the throne at the 5th meeting of the…
Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has denied sentiments and speculations linking MARA government to last year’s November riot and destruction of properties in Honiara. Malaita Province Premier in his 2022/2023 budget meeting opening address said MARA government is not part of what happened then. He said what happened then can be directly link to people’s power.…
GOVERNOR General (GG) Sir David Vunagi says it’s important to respect the principles of representative democracy and rule of law. He highlighted this in response to the November riots when people dislike the ruling government by turning the peaceful protest into the three-day riots. Sir Vunagi when delivering the speech from the throne at the…
LAWYER representing Mr. and Mrs. Jaime and Ethel Vokia and three others in alleged election bribery charges has been given leave to apply for a permanent stay of proceedings in the case claiming abuse of process. Legal firm, Wilson Rano, will represent Mr. and Mrs. Vokia as well as the other three accused – Guadalcanal…
EVIDENCE of the government’s financial woes is now hitting hard on services at the country’s main hospital – the National Referral Hospital (NRH)- with patients now eating only dry buns for breakfast. According to a source at the National Referral Hospital (NRH), for the first time, patients had breakfast without a cup of tea. The…
After taking a number of economic steps to keep the economy afloat during this COVID- 19 situation, the National Government has come up with a Fiscal and Macroeconomic Response Plan. Details of the plan will be presented by the Minister of Finance and Treasury, honorable Harry Kuma, when he will introduce the 2022 Appropriation Bill…