BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PUBLIC signing for a petition against the withdrawal of the Anti-corruption Bill at Parliament started yesterday along Honiara Town. Leading the public signings is the Civil Society Organisation’s Anti-corruption Committee. According to Dr Huddie Namo the Chairman…
BLC labels this a regrettable decision & serious omission BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA PROVISIONS against illicit gains have been removed from the Anti-Corruption Bill 2016, and this has been described by the Bills and Legislations Committee (BLC) as a regrettable and…
Treasury records $20 million weekly revenue collection shortfall on September 1 By Alfred Sasako GOVERNMENT Treasury recorded a $20 million shortfall in its weekly revenue collection on September 1. As a result, government cheques made out to pay…
Promises new version of anti-corrupt bill next Parliament sitting, accuses Opp of inciting anti-gov’t atmosphere PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has rebutted the Opposition, labelling their outcry on the withdrawal of the Anti-Corruption Bill 2016 as ‘shocking’ and ‘completely unnecessary’.…
Leadership Code Commission penalises former MID Minister $12k for misconducts in office THE Leadership Code Commission (LCC) has penalised Hon Jimmy Lusibaea with a fine of $12,000 for three counts of misconduct in office. In two counts, Lusibaea had…
PM Sogavare removes Anticorruption Bill 2016, Opposition says move politically motivated THE Opposition Group has come out stating that Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s move to withdraw the Anticorruption Bill 2016 is politically motivated. Members of the Official Opposition made…
A high-level delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Milner Tozaka, attended a series of Pre-Forum leaders meetings at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji, last week. The Pacific ACP (PACP) Officials Meetings met on…
Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) Milner has called on the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to beef up efforts in preparatory work and facilitating collective efforts in the lead up to the Post- Cotonou negotiations. The…
Minister reveals system abused, Ministry calls for review THE Ministry of Finance and Treasury has disclosed that the process in obtaining government tertiary scholarships was abused and that government had continued to pour money into ‘what seems to be a…
FORMER Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has strongly urged the Government to gazette the Public Financial Management Act (PFMA) as soon as applicably possible as a step to dose the country’s current financial situation. Lilo made the strong statement in…
