Western

Good news for Gizo residents

BY BEN BILUA WESTERN Provincial Assembly has passed a budget worth $500,000 to buy a water truck for Gizo residents. This is a good news for Gizo residence as they depend entirely on rain water to cooked, wash and drink.…

PIMEU team assists WPG with its policy

BY BEN BILUA POLICY, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (PIMEU) officials from the Prime Minister’s Office last week paid a courtesy visit to the Premier of Western Province. The team also assisted the Western Provincial Government formulate its policy. This…

West boosts cruise business with $1m

BY BEN BILUA WESTERN Province has allocated one million dollars to construct a cruise ship jetty – meaning passengers who want to disembark the ship will have no difficulties reaching shore. The allocation was passed by the Western Provincial Assembly…

Local contractors warned

BY BEN BILUA Member for ward 16 in Western Province has cautioned the new provincial government not to allocate projects to failed contractors. Speaking in Assembly last week, Jeffrey Wickham said there are lots of failed provincial projects because contractors…