OPPOSITION leader Matthew Wale reminded SICA and SIFGA to ensure that churches maintain a strong prophetic voice to the government and the nation. He made this statement during the Public Accounts inquiry into the budget submission by the Ministry of…
CONVERSATIONS around the COVID-19 vaccine have gone out of hand. This came after the Solomon Star newspaper published a claim from a woman that “she almost died” after taking the vaccine this week. That story generated a lot of anxieties…
A JOINT one-day consultation meeting co-hosted by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and World Fish for people of Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) has concluded with all parties agreeing to work together to develop a management plan for sea…
THE new Minister of the Ministry of Justice & Legal Affairs Clezy Rore was sworn in yesterday by the Governor General, Sir David Vunagi at the Government House. Rore was the former Minister for Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration. He…
THE Solomon Islands Red Cross Society has elected new members to its national board following a board meeting held recently. The newly co-opted members into the National Society’s Board include Dr Paul Popora Bosawai and a government representative, who’s co-option…
At day 4, a day after the Prime Minister issued directive for all frontline workers from frontline ministries and agencies to come forward for vaccination had seen a doubling of the number of people on day 4 compared to the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO UP to 159 constituents from North Guadalcanal received sets of building materials from their MP Samson Maneka yesterday. These were funded through public funds under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Each recipient gets 24 bags of…
DPP rejects embattled city clerk’s attempt to withdraw criminal case BY JENNIFER KUSAPA EMBATTLED Honiara City Clerk Rence Sore yesterday made a surprise attempt to withdraw a criminal case he filed against two city councilors last year. But the Office…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Rural Development is going to step up its capacity and Monitoring and Evaluation this year. This was after the Government has allocated $2 million under the $3.9 billion 2021 Appropriation Bill 2021 budget. Previously, the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO A TASKFORCE was set up to review the outdated Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Act 2013 and Regulations. Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Rural Development, Allan Daonga confirmed this when he appeared before the Public Accounts Committee in…
