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.…
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…
BY BEN BILUA PREMIER of Western Province says his government will be very careful in its deliberation on the statehood agenda. In his Sine Die Speech last week, Billy Veo said adopting a federal system type of government is easy…
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…
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…
Gizo Police have charged a 36-year-old male person for store break-in and escaping from police custody on January 14. Initial report said the suspect allegedly broke in a Chinese shop in Gizo town and removed cash and other valuable properties…
BY BEN BILUA GIZO residents have described the proposed increase in members’ of Parliament entitlement as ‘insane and unjustifiable’. An interview carried out by Island Sun in the street of Gizo found that all the interviewees were against the proposal.…
Western Province appoints new ministers BY BEN BILUA BILLY Veo wasted no time following his election as new premier of Western Province, Monday, appointing his new executive on January 10 The executive members took their oath yesterday in front of…
BY BEN BILUA BILLY Veo has pulled a majority vote to win the Premier’s election today. Veo got 25 votes while his rival Edward Ngava got 1 vote. The result was welcomed by Gizo general public. The crowd gathered outsite…
BY BEN BILUA WESTERN Provincial Assembly and Administration are working around the clock to ‘stabilise’ the province’s yearly requirements. In an interview with Island Sun, Speaker of Western Province Ramrakha Talasasa said his office is trying its best to achieve…
