By Alfred Sasako THE nation’s nine premiers have descended on Honiara, demanding assurance from the national government that the 2018 budget would be passed on time. At the same time they have expressed concern that the national government continues to…
THE Ministry of Forest and Research has hit back at reports published by Island Sun of a major fraud involving the ministry and logging activities on government land. In its press release, MOFR says “Investigations carrying allegations linking the Ministry…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI THE 2018 national budget will see a marked decrease in the provincial budget. This decrease is set to impact on provincial government’s development plans and service delivery this year. For Malaita province, the total budget required…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki PROVINCIAL premiers have surfaced their disagreement on the national government’s initiative to reduce the provincial fund. This is their reaction to the government’s purported decision to drop $2million from the $12million allocated for the provinces this…
Rugby 7s squad leaves for Fiji By Taromane Martin FOR 18 year olds Elvis Made and Steward Iro, the opportunity to play for the Solomon Islands national rugby 7s team is a chance to get new experience while competing against…
BY ROMULUS HUTA FIVE members of the Honiara-based Islanders Brothers rugby left the country yesterday for Fiji to participate in the upcoming Soltuna 7s and the Marist 7s in Suva. The five players will team up with the remaining 10…
Boxers call for assistance to aid his C’wealth Games preparation By Taromane Martin BOXER Henry Kia says he needs more assistance in his preparation to represent the country at next month’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Kia has been…
Prime Minister’s office orders investigation into logging of government land By Alfred Sasako THE Management of Mbahumea logging company is calling for urgent police investigation into why the Commissioner of Forest, Reeves Moveni, issued a felling licence to log government…
FIFTY-THREE young people from selected villages in Malaita had the privilege to be in a training under the Auki Youth@Work programme starting this week. They are from Sulufou and Foia in North and Foumamanu in east Malaita who came to…
Illegal logging of government land at Komaridi costs government $30m in lost revenue BY ALFRED SASAKO AN investigation by the Island Sun newspaper has uncovered a major fraud in the logging industry, linking the Commissioner of Forest, Reeves Moveni and…
