By EDDIE OSIFELO HONIARA City Council needs more manpower to deal with stray dogs in the city. This after HCC has only engaged one officer dealing with stray dogs roaming the city, causing nuisance, removing rubbishes from beans and spilling…
By EDDIE OSIFELO FORMER members of Malaita Eagle Force and Isatabu Freedom Movement of Guadalcanal have submitted a joint resolution to the Government to deal with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report and Federal Constitution 2018. This follows delays…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE people involved in the controversial $7 million refurbishment and renovation of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) headquarter have left the ministry. MID gave this statement in response to Opposition Leader Matthew Wale’s call for the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO Parliament is expected to start its first sitting for this year around April. This after the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet receives the bills from the ministries. Special Secretary to Prime Minister, Albert Kabui confirmed this…
By EDDIE OSIFELO AN oversight high-level taskforce led by Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is established to drive the $164.9 million (US$20m) Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funded Accessing Land for Tourism Investment Facilitation (ALTIF) project. The ALTIF project, which is…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Culture and Tourism is looking at identifying other investable potential sites on registered land on Guadalcanal, Central Islands and Western province. This is made possible by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funded Accessing Land for…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government has disbursed a total of $16 million to assist owners of properties in Chinatown, torched and destroyed during the riots in November 2021. This was based on a policy government passed last year to support…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands will depend on fisheries and mining to fill the gap left behind by the declining logging industry. Logging is the major contributing revenue earner to the government coffers. Ministry of Finance and Treasury permanent secretary,…
Gov’t denies cashflow problem, says $200m in coffers By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Finance and Treasury has denied any cash flow problem as there is still $200 million in the coffers. Permanent Secretary, McKinnie Dentana clarified this during a media…
By EDDIE OSIFELO HONIARA City Council is expecting additional support from the National Government to build its capacity in waste management, before the Pacific Games in November, this year. This after HCC has limited capacity to manage waste for the…