BY JARED KOLI REAL Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2017 is focused to be around 3.2 percent says Minister of Finance and Treasury John Maneniaru. Delivering his statement on the government’s Finance and Economic update on Parliament yesterday, Maneniaru…
THE latest Honiara Consumer Price Index (CPI) has shown a fall of 0.6 percent in the month of September, 2017. This was according to the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office latest statistical bulletin released by the Government Statistician Douglas Kimi…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA HANDLING of patients at the national referral hospital is very poor, it is reported. A paediatric doctor from Taiwan successfully completing his one-month volunteer work at NRH reveals this. Dr Wang said, “Working at paediatric emergency,…
POLICE have captured the two remand escapees, Frank Firimolea and Eric Nathaniel Jnr yesterday. Eric Jnr was captured first, in the early morning at the Blue Flag Beach, Mamara area, North West Guadalcanal. Firimolea was caught in the afternoon at…
THE Democratic Coalition for Change Government’s (DCCG) Social Sector under its Policy Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (PIMEU) has noted some major developments in the Health Sector. These include the review of the Medical and Dental Act, Pharmaceutical and Poisons…
BY BEN BILUA SOLOMON Islands Visitors Bureau says more international visitors are attracted by the country’s diverse cultures. In an interview with this paper, SIVB Sales and Marketing Manager Mrs Freda Unusi said the country’s culture and tradition continue to…
Motion to oust PM Sogavare set for Monday Nov 6, gov’t rules with minority BY JARED KOLI EMBATTLED Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will face a Motion of no Confidence – to be introduce in Parliament Monday next week. The National…
