KUKUM Highway went under the water again yesterday. This came after the heavy downpour on Tuesday night. Honiara woke up to a road that virtually disappeared under the water. This is not the first time the Kukum area has been…
PCYC charity Easter fishing competition ends on a high note BY ALFRED PAGEPITU The Point Cruz Yacht Club Easter fishing competition was successfully held over the weekend, with proceeds heading for the national referral hospital’s (NRH) covid-19 response. More than…
HCC terminates controversial Clerk’s contract BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE Honiara City Council (HCC) Executive Committee has terminated the contract of Rence Sore as City Clerk. Deputy Mayor Francis Idu told Island Sun yesterday the decision was reached on Tuesday, with…
-Government promises to help local businesses -Electricity cost down, May By EDDIE OSIFELO LOCAL businesses will receive tax incentives from Government to remain afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma revealed this when he tabled…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government has introduced a ‘top down’ approach in this year’s $4 billion budget. Minister of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma told Parliament yesterday the 2021 budget process taken by the government was slightly different from the…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA As of yesterday, the pilot covid-19 vaccination programme is still to reach halfway, with just over a week to go for Honiara. Only 2,651 have been jabbed, said prime minister Manasseh Sogavare in his nationwide address. Seven…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands development challenges since Independence in 1978 offers two lessons. Minister of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma stated this when he delivered the $4 billion budget in Parliament yesterday. He said first, if Solomon Islands is…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU The country is expecting more batches of AstraZeneca vaccine in the coming months. These are the remaining 84,000 from the allocated 108,000 which COVAX facility had earmarked for Solomon Islands. This is according to the Prime Minister…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma outlined the overview of the $3.9 billion budget in Parliament yesterday. Delivering the second reading of the 2021 Appropriation Bill 2021, Kuma said the government has planned an overall deficit…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU A date is yet to be set for an election to vote in a new mayor for Honiara city. Former Mayor Wilson Mamae was shown the exit door after a deafening majority vote favoured a motion of…
