December 2020

Homecoming

288 nationals expected to be repatriated this week BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO TWO hundred and eighty-eight nationals are expected to be repatriated from Fiji on December 29 and 30. These are graduating Solomon Islands students from the University of South…

$40M x-mas gift

Solomon Islands government receives World Bank support for covid-19 THE Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MOFT), the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the World Bank (WB) have concluded negotiations on a WB funded project worth USD 5…

Sogavare pays ‘homage’

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare pay ‘homage’ to everyone in the country for patience and ongoing support to the work government is doing to protect Solomon Islands from Coronavirus (Covid-19), and to drive its economic engine. The Prime…

Tax relief to logger

Kuma exempts Sino Capital from paying $1.9m to Gov’t By CHARLES KADAMANA IN a year the Government struggles to collect revenue, Finance minister Harry Kuma in June granted Malaysian logger Sino Capital tax relief amounting to $1.9 million, documents Island…

Mua, Mewa, Fika

Government reshuffles ministers ahead of Christmas By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) has made another ministerial reshuffle this week before Christmas period. This is the second reshuffle this year after Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare removed two…