BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AUDIT report of the Office of the Auditor General has found that the Ministry of Health and Medical Services documentation management was inconsistent with covid-19 funds between April and December, 2020. “Documentation management was inconsistent with…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services have no supporting documentation to verify why particular properties had been selected as quarantine centres. The audit report released by the Office of the Auditor General stated this. “In the…
Service providers waiting to get paid since covid-19 period BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Solomon Islands Government (SIG) through the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) owes service providers during the covid-19 period $9 million. This was confirmed yesterday to this…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO IT was uncovered that many procurement activities took place at the Ministry of Health (MHMS) before the necessary authorisations and approvals were signed, this shows lack of accountability. This was found in the audit report on…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Office of the Auditor General has uncovered no documentation and engagement evidence of a $275,000 payment paid to a security service engaged at Guadalcanal Beach Resort (GBR) in 2020. That is according to the audit report…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO FINDINGS of the Office of the Auditor General uncovered that Ministry of Health and Medical Services documentation management was inconsistent, with some documents not able to be found. OAG audited the accounts of Ministry of Health…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE bid waiver process (procurement in a state of emergency) of the isolation ward at the National Referral Hospital was not effectively managed by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services. That is according to the…
Audit report shows how covid-19 funds were spent by MHMS, NDMO & MID in 2020 By MAVIS N PODOKOLO & EDDIE OSIFELO Millions of dollars of public funds were squandered and misused in 2020, a report from the Office of…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Government has accused nurses of illegally selling medical drugs. Secretary to the prime minister, Dr Jimmie Rodgers uttered this allegation during a press conference last week. He also suggests that this alleged practice is caused by…
Doctor sounds alarm on life-saving medicines having run out; Gov’t says it is a cycle BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO The national referral hospital (NRH) has reportedly run out of several life-saving drugs – again. It may not come as a…