The Parliamentary Opposition has refuted media reports alleging that it is colluding with the Deputy Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare to overthrow Prime Minister Rick Hou.
The Ombudsman’s Act 2017 effected on the 31st January this year has given the Office of the Ombudsman powers to investigate issues relating to Mal-administration.
Government of the Republic of China on Taiwan has officially delivered its “2018 Clean Energy Project: One Student One Solar Lamp Program” to the Government and people of Solomon Islands in Honiara. The project of 11,000 units of solar lamps was worth around 3 million Solomon dollars in total.
National Government through the Ministry of Infrastructure Development has clarified that developing and maintenance of all road sections in Honiara are now fully under its responsibility.
The Solomon Islands government today launched the country’s first ever Public Enterprise Performance Results website in Honiara. This makes Solomon Islands the first Melanesian country and second in the Pacific to develop such website.
Honiara’s Kukum Highway is expected to be fully sealed and paved in June. Supervising Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development Jimmy Nuake said the Kukum Highway project is currently focused on completing drainage systems and roundabouts along the highway.
The Government has reduced the total number of political appointees by 50 percent. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela said the number was brought down from 60 to slightly more than 30 as part of the Government’s current administrative cost-cutting measures.
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela and Madam Rachel moved out from their private residence and are temporarily living at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara.
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela said he has no time for political gambling. That was his response to yesterday’s front-page article in the Island Sun, which claimed that a senior government minister was masterminding a plot to topple his administration.
The Solomon Islands Medical Association and the Ministry of Public Service on behalf of the Government are expected to sign the updated scheme of service for the country’s medical doctors and dentists this week.
The Ministry of Infrastructure Development has confirmed that a lack of payment from the Government caused Hatanga Construction Limited to terminate its road rehabilitation work in North Malaita.
The Solomon Islands Government yesterday handed over a cheque for more than $213,000 to reduce its outstanding bills with the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation. The payment included $187,000 Government subvention for the third and fourth quarter of 2016.
The Solomon Islands Customs and Excise Division collected more than $1 billion in revenue last year for the first time ever. Comptroller of the Customs and Excise Division Nathan Kama said the figure exceeds the target for the division and will support the Government’s efforts to provide services…
A keyword in Governor General Sir Frank Kabui’s 2018 New Year’s address to the nation was “peace”. Peace is fundamental to the country’s future and is needed to pursue development goals, he said.
The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development has refuted claims that money allocated to cover tuition fees for Solomon Islands Government-sponsored students at Fiji National University has been misappropriated.
A $9 million police station funded by the Australian Government will serve communities in Naha and East Honiara and support police efforts to control crime in the city.
A $29.3 million payment from the Republic of China on Taiwan to Solomon Islands will support the Rural Constituency Development Fund. The money was wired yesterday to the Solomon Islands Government to cover a series of outstanding rural development projects during the 2016-2017 period.
Member of Parliament for Aoke/Langalanga Matthew Wale is concerned that Parliament has been misled about the state of the Government’s finances. In Parliament this morning, Mr Wale said the Ministry of Finance and Treasury might have taken a deliberate policy decision not to inform Parliament of…
Premiers and officials from across the country are attending the 9th Premiers’ Conference in Malaita Province. The deputy mayor of Honiara City and his officials are among the delegates at the five-day conference, which Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela officially opened this morning in Auki.
Commentary By ABW After every storm comes the calm and people go about their lives feeling buoyant and happy again. Often we quickly forget about the storm, but we in this country cannot afford to forget the storm that has just passed. It was just another of a long line of political storms that have
