By EDDIE OSIFELO OPPOSITION Leader, Matthew Wale has questioned the capacity of all government ministries to implement the $4 billion budget in the remaining eight months. Delivering his budget speech in Parliament last Friday, Wale said all ministries are confident…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU LEADER of Opposition, Matthew Wale is worried about the state of the National Referral Hospital (NRH) describing it as an institution desperate on a number of fronts. In his speech on the 2021 Appropriation Bill in parliament…
THE Premier of Guadalcanal Province, Francis Sade has thrown support behind the recent public statement of Malaita Premier challenging the Rural Constituency Development Fund (RCDF) scheme in court. The support was relayed in a meeting called between the two leaders…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MEMBERS of Parliament will have only two days instead of three to debate the $4 billion budget. This was after the Speaker of Parliament, Patterson Oti adjourned the first day of debate yesterday to 9.30am today. This…
By EDDIE OSIFELO GOVERNOR General, Sir David Vunagi will not undertake any provincial and international tours this year. This was after the Ministry of Finance and Treasury not allocating any budget in the $4 billion budget currently before the Parliament…
THE Public Accounts Committee has made 20 recommendations to the Government after it completed its hearing on the $4 billion budget which was held from March 22-31. A total of 257 witnesses appeared before the Committee to give their testimonies.…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Finance and Treasury has reduced the Recurrent Budget by $272 million in this year’s budget. In 2020 budget, the recurrent budget was $3.082 billion. However, this year, the government reduced it to $2.810 billion of…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government has committed $938 million under the Development Budget to the country’s productive and resource sectors. This is part of the government’s re direction policy to address the changing dynamics of the “new normal” environment. Delivering…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma has outlined the economic outlook of the country in Parliament. Delivering his speech on the $4 billion budget on Tuesday, Kuma said the 2021 budget was developed based on a…
GOVERNMENT says it is committed to implementing a credible fiscal plan budget for 2021. Finance Minister Harry Kuma highlighted this when delivering his 2021 Budget Speech in Parliament, Tuesday this week. Minister Kuma said the National Government is also committed…
