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MRD suspends senior officer over misuse of public funds

A senior government officer within the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has been suspended over allegations of mismanagement of over seventy-thousand ($70,000) in public funds.

22 Aug 2023

Airlines
Flight Schedule to Lata will go as normal: Premier Forau
Schedule flights for Lata in Temotu Province will go as normal despite the threat by disgruntled land owners to close the airport. This is according to Premier of Temotu Province Clay Forau Soalaoi in an interview with SIBC News today.
10 Nov 2021
Abuses
Former Temotu Nende CDO Arrested for Corruption
The National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have arrested and charged the Constituency Development Officer (CDO) for Temotu Nende for official corruption today.
6 Sept 2021
Central Islands Province
PREMIER MAPULI ALLEGED TOURISM FUNDS DIVERTED
The Provincial Premier for Central Islands Province Hon. Selwyn Mapuli has questioned the diversion of the $1 million fund allocated to construct the British Number One House in Tulagi. Reconstruction of the British Number One House in Tulagi is the National Tourism Project in Central Province.
29 Jul 2016
People
POLICE RECRUITMENT FAIR & BALANCED: MATANGA
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has said the recruitment of new police officers were done in a fair and accountable process. RSIPF was responding to complaints relating to a selection of family members and relatives of high-rank police officers into the new police recruitment.
21 Aug 2015
Government
PM LILO CLEARED OVER MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE ALLEGATIONS
The Leadership Code Commission (LCC) has declared a no substance against the allegation laid before Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo, regarding misconduct in office in early 2013.
25 Aug 2014
Court
DPP RESPONDS TO PALLARAS ON OVERSEAS TOURS
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Ronald Bei Talasasa Junior has denied he has at anytime disrupted a trial to accommodate his travels overseas. Director Mr Talasasa made this comment in response to comments by High Court Judge Stephen Pallaras during a workshop last week, who said the country…
25 Aug 2014
Civil Society
OPMC SAYS JCSG & CC HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHEQUE
The Office of the Prime Minister says the Joint Civil Society Group statement regarding the canceled 4-hundred thousand dollar cheque for Ziata Landowning Groups is a “pointless effort” to trumpet an issue the Group does not have knowledge of.
14 Mar 2014
Government
PREMIER PANGA DESCRIBED PAYMENT OF SHIPPING GRANTS AS “CORRUPT”
Guadalcanal Premier Stephen Panga described the alleged payments of shipping grants to Bradley Tovosia MP for East Guadalcanal and Joseph Onika MP for East Central Guadalcanal as corrupt and reaping off public funds.
10 Feb 2014