The Ministry of Rural Development has been allocated one of the largest amounts in this year’s budget. In Parliament last week, Minister for Rural Development, also MP for Temotu-Vatud, Freda Tuki Soriacomua said her Ministry has been allocated $351 million, the biggest one in the budget.
Leader of Opposition Honorable Jeremiah Manele has acknowledged the 33 percent increase in basic education funding to meet operational expenditures of Early Childhood Education, Primary, Secondary and Rural Training Centres throughout the country.
The Leader of the Parliamentary Independent Group, Manasseh Maelanga said once the 2015 budget is passed, clean execution of the development aspirations of the people must be realized. Mr. Maelanga made the statement when commenting on the 2015 budget in parliament on Wednesday.
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Rick Hou says any budget should address two major objectives, to release financial resources for the normal operations of the government and for longer term investment.
Finance Minister Snyder Rini has failed the people of Malaita Province says the Member of Parliament for North Malaita, Malaita Province. This is because the current budgetary allocations in the 2015 Appropriation Bill 2015 does not specify the two anticipated development sites identified in…
Leader of Parliamentary Opposition and Member of Parliament for Hograno, Kia, Havulei Jeremiah Manele says the Opposition bench welcomes the People’s Budget. Mr Manele says like the rest of the country, his people also look forward to its implementation.
The outlook for the national economy has improved slightly with growth this year now expected to be a little higher than previously forecasted with logging sector being the saviour.
Finance Minister Honourable Snyder Rini describes the 2015 national Budget as the ‘People’s Budget’. Presenting the 2015 Appropriation Bill 2015 in its second reading this morning in Parliament, Mr Rini says The budget will deliver a record $4.18 billion in spending to provide services to all…
Total revenue for 2015 is expected to be more than $3,721 million. This is revealed by the Finance Minister Honourable Snyder Rini. Mr Rini told Parliament this morning, total domestic revenue is expected to be more than $2,850 million.
Finance Minister, Snyder Rini has tabled the 2015 National Budget this morning. This budget is the first budget of the Democratic Coalition for Change Government and at over $4 billion, it is the largest in the country’s history.
The Minister for Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening Duddley Kopu has urged Provincial Governments to properly implement their budgets and ensure services and developments happen where it is needed.
Malaita Provincial Government begins its Assembly meeting tomorrow. The meeting is to deliberate on the Provincial Assembly’s budget. Reporting from Malaita Province is SIBC’s Fredrick Kusu.
Central Islands Provincial Assembly has passed its development budget for the next Financial year. Provincial speaker John Bosamata announced the more than $5 million budget was passed Monday this week.
The Western Provincial Government plans to appropriate over $18 million to provide services to its people over the next 12 months. Provincial Finance Minister, Lester Saomasi told the Western Provincial Assembly last Thursday, the provincial government intends to appropriate over $18 million this…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has announced it will welcome submissions on the 2015 National Budget from Government, business and civil society agencies and groups.
