THE construction phase of the Honiara International Airport expansion project is employing 100 local workers alongside forty overseas supervisors. The local workers will further benefit from skills and knowledge transfer from the ongoing collaboration with expat workers during and after…
GUADALCANAL Members of Parliament with the ruling DCGA government have expressed their disappointment with the manner in which Guadalcanal Premier Francis Sade is behaving lately. In this week’s Island Sun newspaper, Premier Sade issued a warning to the national government.…
By EDDIE OSIFELO OPPOSITION Leader, Matthew Wale says tax reform and a positive ecosystem are important to create growth in agriculture, fisheries and forestry and attract investment. Speaking in response to the Speech of Throne in Parliament on Wednesday, Wale…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has acknowledged the important role played by the private sector, both domestic and foreign investors. Speaking during the motion in response to His Excellency the Governor General’s Speech from the Throne, the Prime Minister said the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO PARLIAMENT has passed the $4 billion budget without amendments after four days of scrutiny in the Committee of Supply. Both sides of the house have met until after 7pm on Monday to complete the scrutiny of the…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI MANAGEMENT of Auki Taxi Service on Monday this week took efforts to temporarily repair parts of the deteriorating roads within Auki town. The brief repair of the roads was made following the impacts the road on…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA Loggers moving into an already struggling shipping industry spells trouble, warns shipping Industry leader, Charles Welchman Rubaha. Mr Rubaha is reinforcing Opposition Leader Matthew Wale’s call for government to act on this invasion by loggers into the…
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 EDDIE OSIFELO PARLIAMENT is still to pass the $4 billion budget after the start of the committee of supply on Wednesday. It had completed scrutiny of only nine stakeholders’ recurrent budget into the $4 billion budget since the start…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) strongly condemns the brutal attack on a member of the business community this week in Honiara. The attack resulted in the death of the 44-year-old business owner, a female Chinese national,…
