Gov’t focuses on decentralisation By Gary Hatigeva THE National Government believes that decentralisation is the answer to a balanced facilitation of services to the provinces. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS), Stanley Pirione…
By Alfred Sasako THE Government has cancelled WorldLink Resources Ltd’s mining licence on West Rennell, citing non-compliance for the action. The cancellation of ML 03/05 was contained in a letter by the Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification, Bradley…
BY ROMULUS HUTA SOLOMON Warriors striker Kensi Tangis sets his sight on claiming the golden boot award of the Telekom S-League (TSL) with three matches to spare per team in the remainder of the 2018/19 season’s league competition. After 11…
Kava family rescues hospital with glove donation EARLY this week, the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has received a timely donation of latex hand gloves. The NRH had reportedly run out of latex hand gloves last week, and had already…
Political Parties Integrity Commission was supposed not to be removed By Gary Hatigeva THE current status of the Political Parties Integrity Commission was an error. This was confirmed by the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission Office (SIECO). The error as highlighted…
BY ROMULUS HUTA MORE overseas clubs are keen on signing Solomon Islands’ latest football prodigy, Raphael Le’ai ‘Rafa’. Following the interest shown by top Argentine Premier Division Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz last month, the latest to come on board is…
Lawmakers’ oversight plunges nation into a partyless state By Alfred Sasako A serious oversight or ignorance of the new Electoral Act by our Members of Parliament has plunged the nation into a political party crisis. The oversight, reportedly discovered by…
Over handling of PER, called for neutrality and matters related to PER of MPs be given back to Parliament By Gary Hatigeva MEMBER of Parliament for Fataleka Constituency, Steve Abana has lashed out at the Office of the Prime Minister…
BY Gary Hatigeva $213.4million is projected to be the government’s 2019 Budget Support expenditure. This will be allocated to five ministries through donor partners. The Ministries are, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, allocated with an estimate of over…
By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela may have been “talked out” of a private meeting with President Xi Jinping of China during the APEC Summit being held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Officials accompanying the Prime Minister confirmed…
