By EDDIE OSIFELO DEPUTY Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga has defended government on issues of boat building, drainage system in Honiara, road maintenance and building of wharves around the country. Maelanga, also Minister of Infrastructure Development, was responding to the recommendations…
BY NED GAGAHE Honiara City Council (HCC) is looking to private security firms to look after the newly opened Kukum Market. HCC Market Manager Nelson Sakui revealed this to local journalists at the reopening of the market on Friday last…
MWYCFA sad $1.3m missing in govt $4.6b budget By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Women, Youths, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) is saddened to see their submission for $1.3 million to establish a Family Affairs Division not included in the 2023…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Police in Auki are treating the finding of a dead body on December 6 at the Fiu river as a ‘likely murder case’. The body was found just after 7am under the Fiu bridge, and has been…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA HEARING of evidence in the case of a man alleged of murder has started at the High Court. James Tangasuna is charged with one count of murder in relation to the death of a 50-year-old man at…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case of a police officer alleged of crashing a police vehicle into the Holy Cross Cathedral brick wall in Honiara in 2019 is set for mention before Principal Magistrate Felix Hollison today, 7th December 2022. Markie…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands Government is expecting a budget deficit of $1.2 billion next year. This is one of the highest budget deficits since 2016. Opposition Leader, Matthew Wale highlighted this during his debate on the 2023 Appropriation Bill…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services is looking at forming a health communication plan against copen, says Minister Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana. “MHMS will put together efforts to form a of strategic…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO FORTY random schools in the country will take the Copen survey next year. Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana said they will be randomly selected in the country to undertake the school health…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government has no legislation in place to control domestic cooking gas products in the country. Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Stanley Sofu confirmed this in Parliament on 7th December 2022, when asked…
