By Alfred Sasako FOR 18 years, he served as under-secretary in as many as eight ministries, twice as provincial secretary. But last week Stephen Walaodo Maesiola landed the big one – he was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SIG sponsored students at the Solomon Islands national university (SINU) are calling on the national government to pay them their allowance. It is now week-nine, and they have not yet received a cent from government. This…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA TWO ministers under Central Islands provincial government have been sacked last week, it was revealed in a letter by Premier Patrick Vasuni. The two removed are the minister of agriculture and lands Polycarp Galaigu (MPA for-west Ngella,…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO A Solomon Airlines personnel has been arrested in Munda following suspected sabotage of a Twin Otter plane on Friday last week, it is reported. Witnesses say the incident occurred around 4pm that day, in which the…
SHARPLY rising food prices in Honiara have pushed up Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation higher to 2.1 percent in February 2018. This is the highest recorded since June 2016. CPI is a monthly indicator of the variation in prices for…
The other side to Bauxite mining in west Rennell that is not talked about By Alfred Sasako OUTSPOKEN politician, Matthew Wale, last week called for a stop to the bauxite mining operations on West Rennell, claiming the Ministry of Mines,…
