THE Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) has lashed out at Malaita province Premier Peter Ramohia following his front-page story over the weekend. A statement from MPGIS described the premier’s comments on social media which appeared in the…
PARASI airfield in South Malaita, which has been closed for the past seven years, is now ready to take scheduled flights. This was made possible after the government signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between three disputing parties who claimed…
By Alfred Sasako NEARLY half the funding in this year’s Development Budget has gone to the Ministry of Rural Development regarded by many as the conduit for political funding in rural areas, Budget papers have shown. The papers show that…
By Alfred Sasako FINANCE Minister Manasseh Sogavare has delivered his first and probably his last budget – a $4-billion outlay designed to demonstrate the “Government’s commitment to delivering on some of its most critical policy priorities for 2018”. In it,…
POLICE in Lata in the Temotu province have successfully rescued seven people, two women and five men, from a motorised boat when it ran aground on a reef at Cape Mendana on Santa Cruz Island on Tuesday afternoon this week.…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA STUDENTS of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) yesterday began their strike after two weeks of notice lapsed. During the strike notice talks were held between the SINU admin and the student body, but no agreement…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SEVEN million dollar budget for the upcoming Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival (MACFest) to be hosted in the country this year is only captured in the tourism ministry’s own budget. $12million bid for the festival, being one…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE A number of best students vying for the Taiwan scholarships have been interviewed last week, it is reported. This is according to Taiwan Embassy’s Deputy Counselor, Mr Oliver Weng who said the interview brought forth many…
Printing error forces adjournment to sort out mixed copies of document By Gary Hatigeva PRINTING error forced parliament into adjournment yesterday. Everyone except the Prime Minister had a copy of the revised version of the budget document. Parliament was forced…
THE Holy Cross parish youths had a successful Easter camp at Holy Cross Cathedral during the Holy week session. They were involved in an Easter liturgy and enacted the Passion of Christ on Good Friday with other programmes in the…
