BY IRWIN ANGIKI “We are walking when we should be sprinting.” IPCC chair Hoesung Lee utters these sobering words to launch the IPCC Synthesis Report which warns that the window is closing on mankind’s hope to save the planet. Lee’s…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI MALAITA Provincial Assembly passed a budget of $33, 469, 196 in its full assembly meeting in Auki yesterday. The budget will be for the operation of the province in the next financial year, which will be from…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI PREMIER of Malaita Martin Fini says the Malaita Economic Development Initiative (MEDI) is not taking over MPG but providing support to his government. He made the clarification during his keynote address yesterday, responding to critics in social…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Malaita’s new premier Martin Fini has described his engagement with the national government and donors as ‘fruitful’. Fini and his delegation were in Honiara last week. The 17-man delegation had set the scene for development through engagement…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI MALAITA Provincial Assembly is gearing to pass the 2023/2024 original budget estimate of $33, 469, 196 by Friday this week. The new financial year begins on Saturday, April 1 In light of that, the assembly was convened…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI clinic has over the past weeks reported an increase in malaria and diarrhoea cases in certain communities within Auki. A statement from the clinic said there is increase in cases for both diseases in certain communities…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Malaita province is facing a shortage of medicine, a problem which has been ongoing for nearly a month. Malaria cases are also reportedly increasing in Auki and surrounding communities. Patients to clinics are being sent home with…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI MALAITA Provincial Assembly will convene another full assembly meeting, to begin on March 27. The meeting will be to debate and pass the original budget for 2023/2024 financial year, as the financial year begins in April 2023…
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 SAMIE WAIKORI THE Malaita New Government for Fundamental Redirection (MNGFR) says the province has lost an estimated $185 million worth of approved projects due to former government MARA’s isolation policy. New premier of Malaita, Martin Fini announced this recently.…
