The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will soon open its new police station at the Malaita provincial capital, Auki. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirms.
The Malaita provincial government is seriously looking at improving its leadership to achieve development priorities. Malaita provincial Premier Peter Ramohia told SIBC News, his government believes, this approach will advance the province.
Plans are ongoing for the National Government and Malaita Provincial Government to finalise documents with a Turkey’s Nazer Group of Companies for a $387 million funding for construction of a new Hospital at Kilu’ufi in Malaita Province.
Manaoba residents in North Malaita have experienced water shortage after all their water sources dried up. The Island with about 20 villages have to travel to the main land in search for drinking water after months of drought.
Malaitans whose homes, gardens and properties were damaged by the recent tropical cyclone Pam will soon receive relief supplies from theNational Disaster Management Office through the Provincial Disaster office at Auki.
People of Mamulele, East Malaita are calling on the Ministry of Health to post a nurse at Mamulele clinic. Mamulele clinic which serves about 2,5000 people has been without a nurse for the last three months.
Education with the intention to find a job should be discouraged, says the Minister for Peace, Unity, Reconciliation and Northern Regional Affairs, Michael Maeliau. Minister Maeliau says instead children should be taught to successful manage themselves after leaving school.
Finance Minister Snyder Rini has declared he has not failed Malaita Province. Minister Rini made the statement in Parliament on Monday, in response to a newspaper article headlined “Rini fails Malaita”. But he told Parliament “this Minister of Finance has not failed Malaita”.
Artificial communities in Ata’a, North Malaita have successfully harvested their SwoCk-Based food crops this week. The harvest comes after Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock with its stakeholders conducted a climate change adaptation workshop in Ata’a last year.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has successfully carried out a Sea Level Rise Mapping Program with its stakeholders in Ata’a, North East Malaita.
A workshop to improve head teachers’ abilities to train untrained teachers through distance and flexible learning with the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has successfully concluded in Auki, Malaita Province.
Pressure group, the Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF) has called on the government to set up a mechanism to ensure there is transparency in the road maintenance projects for the provinces.
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…
Premier of Malaita Province Peter Ramohia said the tar sealing for Auki roads will begin June this year. Premier Ramohia told SIBC News, tar sealing for all Auki roads is among infrastructure developments prioritised under his government policy.
Improvement on the eight point six kilometer stretch of road from Rararo to Hauhui in West Are’are is set to continue soon after the Easter season. A local community based contractor has been engaged to improve that stretch of road.
People of Hauhui in West Are’are, Malaita province have raised concerns over the distribution of constituency development funds in their community. Chief Michael Ohania told SIBC News, rural people have not benefited from constituency development funds for many years.
Premier of Malaita Province Peter Ramohia says the people of Malaita Province should be engaged in growing the economy of the province. Premier Ramohia told SIBC News, his government’s policy statement highlights areas that will address economic development in rural communities.
Manawai Hydro Power System in East Are’are is in the priority list of the Member of Parliament for East Are’are Mr Andrew Manepora’a, says Henry Kahui, a member of the Task force working group for the East Are’are Constituency.
Breakdown of the Manawai Hydro Power System in East Are’Are has made life difficult for people in the community. SIBC’s Fredrick Kusu reported from Manawai recently concerns have been raised by people in the community, saying they are missing out on accessing essential services.
The Leadership Code Commission (LCC) has refused to defer its proceedings against Member of Parliament for Small Malaita, Rick Hou, and former Finance Permanent Secretary Shadrach Fanega. Mr. Hou and Mr. Fanega are both facing charges of official misconduct.
