ZERO RECORD
$7.3 million spent, 32 charters, MID without documentation: OAG Report
By EDDIE OSIFELO
MINISTRY of Infrastructure Development could not produce any documentation of a quotation of the 32 ship charters to repatriate people in Honiara to...
Rented quarantine accommodation lacked documentation to verify selection
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...
Ministry of environment describes OAG Report as ‘fair’
By EDDIE OSIFELO
PERMANENT Secretary of Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology (MECCDM), Dr Melchior Mataki has described the ‘thematic compliance audit report’ as very fair.
The Office of the Auditor General conducted...
NDMO OWES $9M
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...
MHMS without documents for $4.7m Multi-purpose hall works
By EDDIE OSIFELO
MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services has not provided any documentation to support the contractor that refurbished the Multipurpose Hall into an Isolation Ward for $4.7 million.
The Office of the Auditor General...
MHMS documentation management was inconsistent: OAG 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...
$677K IN 5 DAYS
NDMO rushes to spend covid-19 fund on expensive vehicles ‘not related to the pandemic’, OAG report finds
By EDDIE OSIFELO
The National Disaster Management Office had purchased a Toyota landcruiser and Toyota Hilux under dubious means...
COURT ANNULS ‘GUILTY PLEA’
Magistrate says it’s a ‘not guilty’ case
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA
CHIEF Magistrate Emma Garo has reversed the guilty plea of a defendant, Happy Christmas, to a plea of NOT guilty after the defence lawyer submitted his...
New COVID cases in Gizo,public warned
BY BEN BILUA
GIZO Hospital has recorded COVID cases over the past weeks – losing its COVID free status since border restrictions were lifted.
According to reports, cases are expected to increase given that people...
Airline welcomes lifting of pre-flight 72-hr PCR test
Solomon Airlines has welcomed the Solomon Islands Government decision to remove the mandatory 72-hour covid-19 PCR test requirement for international visitors, prior to entering the country.
In a statement, the airline’s Chief Executive Officer Gus...