By Gary Hatigeva AFTER three days of in-depth debate and scrutiny, Parliament’s Committee of Supply yesterday concluded all proceedings and passed the much anticipated 2018 Budget with an overwhelming support of votes from members of the government, opposition and the…
Jerry Allen excited By Taromane Martin MARIST FC Head Coach Jerry Allen says he is excited after his side qualified for the semi-finals of the Oceania Champions League. Marist defeated Nalkutan FC 2-1 in their quarterfinal match at the Korman…
By Alfred Sasako FOR 18 years, he served as under-secretary in as many as eight ministries, twice as provincial secretary. But last week Stephen Walaodo Maesiola landed the big one – he was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of…
The other side to Bauxite mining in west Rennell that is not talked about By Alfred Sasako OUTSPOKEN politician, Matthew Wale, last week called for a stop to the bauxite mining operations on West Rennell, claiming the Ministry of Mines,…
By Gary Hatigeva MINISTER of Foreign Affairs Milner Tozaka has revealed that the allocation of just over $3million in the budget to Solomon Islands’ London mission in the United Kingdom will be a one-off maximised costing that would enable the…
By Alfred Sasako SOLOMON Islands’ students studying at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Campuses at Laucala in Fiji and Emalus in Vanuatu have started feeling the pinch from the austerity measures introduced by the Government in this year’s…
Malasa questions continued SINU student protest, Ngati refuses to stop BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SERIOUS questions are being asked regarding the reasons for SINU students to continue with their strike, now that pro-vice chancellor (corporate) Donald Malasa has finished his…
BY ROMULUS HUTA OUR female weightlifting duo to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia Jenlyn Wini and Mary Lifu Kini will compete tomorrow. Wini is the current Commonwealth champion in the women’s 58kg category. She will be faced…
By Alfred Sasako FINANCE Minister Manasseh Sogavare has delivered his first and probably his last budget – a $4-billion outlay designed to demonstrate the “Government’s commitment to delivering on some of its most critical policy priorities for 2018”. In it,…
Printing error forces adjournment to sort out mixed copies of document By Gary Hatigeva PRINTING error forced parliament into adjournment yesterday. Everyone except the Prime Minister had a copy of the revised version of the budget document. Parliament was forced…
