BY BEN BILUAGizo THE Chair of Provincial Public Accounts Committee has urged Western Provincial Government to establish a mechanism that would see excess revenues appropriated in the next financial year. Provincial Member for Ward 16, Ramraka Talasa said Western Province…
BY BEN BILUAGizo THE Provincial Public Account Committee of Western Province found that the province has overspent a total of 2,678,651 as part of its 2020/2021 recurrent expenditure. According to Chair of PPAC, Ramraka Talasasa, the overspending is due to…
BY BEN BILUAGizo WESTERN Provincial Government has been urged to be cautious with its expenditures when implementing the 2021/2022 budget. Chair of Provincial Public Accounts Committee, Ramrakha Talasasa made the statement during WPG’s recent extra-ordinary meeting. Talasasa said the issue…
A CHIEF on North Guadalcanal, Benedict Garimane has welcomed the move by Malaita Province to mount a judicial review in court on the infamous RCDF or CDF Scheme. Premier Daniel Suidani is looking at seeking the High Court for a judicial…
COUNCILLOR Eddie Siapu is our new city mayor. He was elected yesterday following the recent ousting of Wilson Mamae, whose leadership was tainted with numerous allegations of mismanagement. Fourteen councilors threw their support behind Siapu against the six that backed…
THE death of a Chinese businesswoman in her Point Cruz shop on Tuesday morning was not only saddening, but also so disturbing. Details of the incident are still sketchy. But in all likeliness, she was killed when she went into…
: The second highest CDF allocation TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) concerned to see the again increase of the Constituency Development Fund to $6.8 million. This is the second highest CDF allocation for the Constituencies through their Members of Parliament (MPs).…
GOVERNMENT has a responsibility to protect the interest of Solomon Islanders. This should be foremost in every decision it makes. That local interest should always come first before that of outsiders. If current laws do not address that, leaders are…
THE COVID-19 vaccine roll out will continue despite latest reports of the negative health impacts of the AstraZeneca vaccine. New findings from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) safety committee and the WHO Global Advisory Committee for Vaccine Safety (GACVS) stated…
GOVERNMENT last year came up with a policy to fast-track three mining operations for the country. This was devised with the intention to generate much-needed revenue for the Government in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mining operations were earmarked…