BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Office of the Audit General had found in its audit of three government ministries in their use of the covid-19 funds that some businesses which were not registered were given contracts. This was mentioned in…
MHMS to ‘send contractor tomorrow’ BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO PEOPLE of Pele in the Reef Islands, Temotu Province are said to be desperately in need of health services following incomplete work on the Manuopo mini hospital. And, they are calling…
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 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 found this in its…
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…
