New City Mayor Eddie Siapu has chaired his first Executive meeting since taking over the Mayor’s position. In his remarks, Mr Siapu said he is overwhelmed by the confidence vested upon him to assume the leading role as the Head…
By EDDIE OSIFELO DEVELOPMENT Service Exchange (DSE) will go out to communities to promote the Citizen Budget Guide 2020 The Guide is a tool that will help DSE and its Member Organizations to assist and enable communities fully participate in…
A one week information workshop on the 2021 national budget for Civil Society Organizations (CSO) is underway in Honiara. The workshop is a follow on of the Floating Budget Office (FBO) Mission to Parliament which commenced on Tuesday 16 March,…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SPEAKER of Parliament, Patterson Oti says the production of the Citizen Budget Guide 2020/21 is timely. The Guide is an important tool to present the national budget in a simple way that can transform the culture of…
GREAT to see our development partners visiting the provinces and talking face-to-face with the premiers. In recent months and weeks, we’ve seen donor reps visiting provinces they’ve never visited before. This week for instance, Australia, New Zealand and China representatives…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Choiseul MPA for Tavula Ward Clement Kengava has labelled the current provincial government incompetent and incapable of bringing in development for the province. He made this scathing attack in response to deputy premier Nerio Ulemiki’s media call…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will attend the Second Appointed Day of Temotu Province next month. This follows an invitation by Premier Clay Forau. During a courtesy visit, leader of the Temotu Provincial Government and Premier of Temotu Province, Forau, formally…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Disgraced former Honiara city council (HCC) clerk, Rence Sore, has denied leaking copies of his whistle-blower report on the HCC to the media. Early this month, media reports emerged revealing an array of corruption, mismanagement, dubious dealings,…
Gov’t urged to abort plans to buy Mamara town houses GOVERNMENT has been urged to reconsider its intention to purchase houses from the Mamara Tasivarongo – Mavo township project for its public servants housing scheme. Opposition leader Mathew Wale made…
The historic groundbreaking ceremony to officially begin construction of major sporting infrastructures in Honiara on May 5 has demonstrated the growth of the Solomon Islands-China relations in a short span of time. The state of the art stadium project is…
