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 EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) has highlighted the economic impact caused by COVID-19 on its membership and activities. Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament, General Manager Michael Wate said in the 2020 financial year…
BY BEN BILUA WESTERN Provincial Government (WPG) has been told to take heed of the National Government’s reduced budget support to the province. In an interview, Speaker of Western Province, Adrian S Gina said Western Province is aware of the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands debt stock has risen to $1,450 million after government borrowed money from donors and state-owned enterprises and National Provident Fund to combat covid-19 last year. The debt is equivalent to 12 percent of the Gross…
By EDDIE OSIFELO CENTRAL Bank of Solomon Islands has projected the economy to recover to 1.5 percent this year in line with global growth and anticipated recovery in fisheries, construction sectors and key national projects in the pipeline. The national…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE 2021 Appropriation Bill 2021 is proposing a deficit of around $300 million. Central Bank of Solomon Islands Governor, Dr Luke Forau stated this when he appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament on Monday.…
THE Engineering department of Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) was forced to leave its office at Hyundai Mall last week due to rental arrears since last year. The Ministry has already secured Melanesian Haus close to Iron Bottom Sound to…
By Eddie Osifelo ORION Limited is reportedly set to sue the Solomon Forest Association (SFA) over loss of business. It is understood the lawsuit will be for $403,011,350.20 (USD50,674,441.50). Report reaching this paper says Orion has satisfied its legal team…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE Isabel Provincial Government has denied granting any business licence to the Sunshine Mineral Company limited. Provincial Secretary of Isabel Province John Lokumana told Island Sun that the company entered Isabel without any business licence and they…
MEMBER of Parliament for North West Guadalcanal, Bodo Dettke has defended his call for all local noni farmers in the provinces to discontinue work on noni farming due to in availability of processing facilities in the provinces. This is after…
