BY ALFRED PAGEPITU A LEGAL pundit has ticked off the police for taking too long to prosecute the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Robson Djokovic. “The charge is quite straight forward,” the pundit says. “There is no need to conduct…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU TWO premiers defeated motions of no confidence against them yesterday. Central province premier, Stanley Manetiva, famous for his strong stand against logging in the province, won by an overwhelming majority vote of nine against four. Guadalcanal premier…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU People on Bellona are concerned with the Our Telekom network on the island and are calling on the company and provincial leaders to fix it. Reports from the island say the Breeze network functions on an erratic…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Government has decided to extend the state of public emergency (SOPE), making this the fourth consecutive SOPE. The third state of emergency ended at 12pm last night. Acting on advice from the Cabinet, Governor General Sir David…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU MAKIRA-ULAWA Premier Julian Maka’a Tuesday survived a no-confidence motion members of the non-executive bench tabled against him. This was after mover Jackson Sunaone withdrew the motion after debate. Mr Sunaone had accused the Maka’a Government, which came…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU No confidence motion against Premiere Stanley Menetiva will be decided at the Assembly Chamber in Tulagi today. This comes after the Speaker of the Central Islands Provincial Assembly, Francis Moah rescheduled the date from Tuesday, March 23…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Local revenue remains the key priority area for investment for Guadalcanal provincial government to ensure that recurrent revenue is stable and predictable. In presenting the Appropriation Bill 2021-2022, Andrew Tahisihaka (minister for finance) on Monday highlighted the…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Guadalcanal province is looking at spending less this year. Provincial finance minister, Andrew Tahisihaka shared this on Monday this week when the Assembly debated the 2021-2022 appropriation bill. He said the 2021-2022 Recurrent Expenditure is $15,340,257 which…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Guadalcanal Provincial Premer Francis Sade is confident ahead of tomorrow’s motion of no confidence. Sade is reportedly in a celebrative mood, saying yesterday that his executive enjoys the majority of a 13-man team in the 21-ward province.…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU The Choiseul provincial government is querying the delay in works on the Taro airport. The terminal and runway are reportedly in run-down state. And, the province’s government is seeking answers from the national government. An upgrade project…