November 2022

Low investment in child protection

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO EVIDENCE shows that the level of public investment in child protection in Solomon Islands is very low. That is according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Women Youth, Children and Family Affairs Dr Cendrick…

Gov’t cuts budget for medicine

By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government has only provided a budget of $35.8 million in its 2021 budget to purchase medical stocks including medicines, drugs, dressings, equipment and commodities. This was despite the value of the stock at the National Medical…