By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government has committed $938 million under the Development Budget to the country’s productive and resource sectors. This is part of the government’s re direction policy to address the changing dynamics of the “new normal” environment. Delivering…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma has outlined the economic outlook of the country in Parliament. Delivering his speech on the $4 billion budget on Tuesday, Kuma said the 2021 budget was developed based on a…
POLICE have advised members of the public and communities throughout the country to take precautionary measures by thinking safety first during the current bad weather being experienced throughout the country. Commissioner of Police, Mostyn Mangau said communities close to river…
GOVERNMENT says it is committed to implementing a credible fiscal plan budget for 2021. Finance Minister Harry Kuma highlighted this when delivering his 2021 Budget Speech in Parliament, Tuesday this week. Minister Kuma said the National Government is also committed…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA The proposed patrol boat outpost in the Shortlands is still being discussed between stakeholders and landowners. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Service Karen Galokale revealed this during the recent Public Accounts…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA Sentencing for two Isabel men convicted for stealing 36 water tanks belonging to the Rural Water Supplies and Sanitation Hygiene in 2017 has adjourned to April 12. Their sentence was supposed to have been made on Tuesday…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU If there is any covid-19 case detected in the border communities, the country will head into Lockdown. This is according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. In his nation wide address on Tuesday he said, “This will restrict…
TWELVE Community Legal Advocates (CLAs) who are based in the provinces of Malaita (North and South), Western (Seghe, Shortlands, Vella la Vella and Kolombangara) and Temotu (Santa Cruz and Lomlom) have now fine-tuned their skills in basic law, legal rights,…
Following the signing ofa Climate Change and Adaptation Project with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in February 2021, Vura Ward has proceeded on with consultations to get the ball rolling. The…
MEMBERS of the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network (SICAN) have completed a one-day workshop on the basics of media and communications work. The training was conducted on 31 March at the Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation building at Town Ground…
