THE Leader of Opposition, Matthew Wale, has labelled the Sino Capital logging company saga a can of worms, now that the lid has been opened, there is no telling what worms will crawl out. Mr Wale has described the explanation…
Solomon Islands government receives World Bank support for covid-19 THE Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MOFT), the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the World Bank (WB) have concluded negotiations on a WB funded project worth USD 5…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare pay ‘homage’ to everyone in the country for patience and ongoing support to the work government is doing to protect Solomon Islands from Coronavirus (Covid-19), and to drive its economic engine. The Prime…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CORONAVIRUS (Covid-19) positive cases in Solomon Islands drop to ‘four’. This is a reduction by one (1) from the 5 Covid-19 positive cases informed to the nation last week. These four positives include three returning UK-based soccer…
Kuma exempts Sino Capital from paying $1.9m to Gov’t By CHARLES KADAMANA IN a year the Government struggles to collect revenue, Finance minister Harry Kuma in June granted Malaysian logger Sino Capital tax relief amounting to $1.9 million, documents Island…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Papua New Guinea repatriation flight this Saturday is regarded as a high-risk flight. This was confirmed by Dr Yogesh Choudri, technical advisor to the Ministry of Health and Medical Service yesterday. Jimmie Rodgers, Secretary to…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU A motion of no confidence will reportedly be moved against the premier of Rennell and Bellona province this Full Assembly. Premier Willie Tuhagega has welcomed the motion, highlighting the baseless nature of the stated reasons for it…
Second repatriation of Philippines students to arrive today BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO A second repatriation flight for Solomon Islands students in Philippines is expected to arrive in the country today, says Jimmie Rodgers, Secretary to Prime Minister. Mr Rodgers confirmed…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE people of Western Province have celebrated their 37th Second Appointed Day with pride. It was celebrated with the theme “Navigating and persisting through unprecedented challenges”, at Noro, Township in Western Province, yesterday. Guest of honour Prime…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO ACCESSABILITY to services in the county has become a challenge for people with disability. Elwin Talo, from the Community Based Rehabilitation unit, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, highlighted this at the commemoration of the International…
