As of Monday next week, costs incurred for all referral cases to and from the National Referral Hospital will be an expense for the provincial health services.
The former financial controller for the Ministry of Police and Correctional Services Stephen Otto, will spend the next three years in prison. Principal Magistrate Fatimah Taeburi delivered the ruling today.
The National referral Hospital is believed to be running low on essential drugs. A number of sick patients admitted at the NRH have reported, their basic doses are not forthcoming.
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands is preparing to launch a new forty dollar note and a colored two dollar coin to commemorate the country’s 40th independence anniversary. CBSI Governor Denton Rarawa announced during the recent launching of the 2017 CBSI annual report in Honiara.
Prime Minister Rick Hou will chair the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) meeting in Honiara July this year. The Secretary General of PIDF Francois Martel recently briefed the Prime Minister on the progress of arrangements.
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands is predicting a 3.4 % growth in the Country’s Economy this year. The increase is expected from fishing, construction, tourism, and Agricultural sectors.
Solomon Islands nationals travelling to Canada as part of the Foreign workers program or migrating under Permanent Residence nomination program from Guadalcanal Province, will benefit from a new partnership arrangement with Air Canada.
Cuts to the development budget of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services has cast clouds of doubt over the relocation of the National Referral Hospital to the proposed new site at Gilbert Camp in East Honiara. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Dr.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has made plans to provide security operation assistance to Papua New Guinea Police for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Port Moresby in November.
The European Union says the decision to shut down its Honiara office mid this year and move to Fiji is well thought, a consequence of the shift in the European Union’s future development cooperation program.
Choiseul province has been named the best performing province of the year for health service delivery during the national health conference today in Honiara.
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela says Solomon Islands is ready to introduce a ban against plastics. Prime Minister Houenipwela met with His Royal Highness, Prince Charles on his recent trip to London where the two spoke about the Commonwealth Blue Charter, the Queen’s Canopy project and the…
Constituents from Bina Harbor, West Kwaio, Malaita Province will soon benefit from a national government project on pineapple production. Reports say the project will allow people from Bina Harbour area or West Kwaio to access market for their produce.
The Solomon Islands government today signed a milestone memorandum of understanding with various stakeholders in preparation for the 2023 Pacific Games.
Commentary By Transparency Solomon Islands In almost 40 years of political independence, our collective and personal experience shows that a combination of naturally selfish human nature, easy access to unearned money, donors offering weakly administered external aid and the absence of any…
When Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela took over the Government last year, there were 51 political appointees whose annual salaries and benefits totaled more than $19 million. By cutting the number of political appointees to 36, the Government will save more than $6 million this year.
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela has instructed his chief of staff to get to the bottom of reports of fraud within the Ministry of Forestry and Research.
The National Parliament could not deliberate on its business for today because it lacked a quorum to do so. Speaker of the National Parliament Ajilon Nasiu was forced to dismiss Parliament after a 15-minute waiting period.
Prime Minister Rick Hou denies plans to terminate five of his cabinet ministers. The Prime Minister issued this statement following a front-page article by Alfred Sasako in the Island Sun yesterday, claiming that the Prime Minister could be dismissing five senior ministers in his Cabinet.
Pacific Games Council President Mr Vidhya Lakhan has raised the need for a clean Honiara for the 2023 Pacific Games. Mr Lakhan made a 5 day visit to the country last week to meet with the local sport federations and assess the country’s preparations for the 2023 games. “We want to see a clean and
