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Budgets
Govt unveils $4B budget for 2018
The Government said difficult but responsible decisions led to the more than $4 billion budget for 2018. Minister of Finance and Treasury Manasseh Sogavare today presented the 2018 Appropriation Bill 2018 at its second reading in Parliament.
26 Mar 2018
Corruption
Timeline set for anti-corruption bill
The Government is aiming to pass the latest version of the anti-corruption bill by July. The Anti-Corrpution Bill 2017 has been before the Bills and Legislation Committee since it was reintroduced to Parliament last October.
22 Mar 2018
COMMENTARY: CDF—the antithesis of sound social and economic development
Commentary By AV Hughes The overall aim of government in Solomon Islands, as in other developing countries, should be to manage the use of the total human, financial and physical resources available to the country in such a way that the mental and physical well-being of all its people, and the…
20 Mar 2018
Parliament
Budget scrutiny continues as Parliament adjourns
Parliament is on special adjournment until next Monday. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela moved the motion at the end of this morning’s sitting and told Parliament the principal reason was to give additional time for the Public Accounts Committee to scrutinise the 2018 National Budget.
19 Mar 2018
Budgets
PAC blames finance ministry for ‘useless’ fiscal management
The Public Accounts Committee said the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, which is responsible for the 2018 budget formulation, must accept partial blame for mismanaging the country’s fiscal situation over the past three years.
16 Mar 2018
Budgets
PAC budget hearings begin today
The Public Accounts Committee will today commence hearings on the 2018 Appropriation Bill 2018 with line ministries and their subsidiaries. According to the revised hearing schedule, the Central Bank of Solomon Islands, Asian Development Bank and World Bank are due to appear before the Public…
15 Mar 2018
Budgets
National budget hearings set to begin Thursday
The Public Accounts Committee will commence hearings on the 2018 Appropriation Bill 2018 with line ministries on Thursday. The bill was tabled in Parliament yesterday.
13 Mar 2018
Parliament
Parliament adjourns to buy time for budget scrutiny
Parliament has adjourned to Monday, March 19 after Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela moved a special adjournment motion on the floor of Parliament today. Prime Minister Houenipwela said the adjournment was intended to give the Public Accounts Committee time to thoroughly scrutinise the 2018 budget.
6 Mar 2018
Parliament
PM withdraws dual citizenship bill
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela withdrew the dual citizenship bill on the floor of Parliament today. The Constitution (Amendment) (Dual Citizenship) Bill 2017, which was due for second reading today, was withdrawn to allow Government to address issues raised by the Bills and Legislation Committee.
5 Mar 2018
Parliament
Parliament delays second reading of dual citizenship bill
Parliament met briefly on Friday morning and adjourned to next Monday. The second reading of the Constitutional (Amendment) (Dual Citizenship) Bill 2017 has been postponed until next week. It was on yesterday’s Order Paper, but a lack of quorum prevented the bill from being discussed in Parliament.
2 Mar 2018
Government
Parliament session delayed due to lack of quorum
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.
1 Mar 2018
Government
PM denies plans to terminate cabinet ministers, slams rumors
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.
27 Feb 2018
Government
Maelanga denies allegations on plans to overthrow PM
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.
23 Feb 2018
Honiara City
Police destroy dangerous projectile near White River market
The Police Explosive ordnance disposal,EOD, team this morning destroyed a US 5 inch MK35 High explosive projectile near the White River Market, West Honiara.
20 Feb 2018
Government
Government cuts political appointees in cost-saving move
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.
29 Jan 2018
Government
My Government is intact: PM Houenipwela
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.
17 Jan 2018
Opposition denies involvement in plot to oust PM
The Parliamentary Opposition Group said it had no part in an alleged internal plot to topple Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela’s government. The Opposition Group made the statement in response to the front-page article in yesterday’s issue of the Island Sun, which revealed the suspected move by a…
17 Jan 2018
Parliament
Finance minister calls for swift action on 2018 budget
The 2018 national budget could be tabled in Parliament this month. During the final Parliament meeting last year, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Treasury Manasseh Sogavare said the 2018 budget needs to be tabled quickly as the current Parliament has limited time to debate and…
4 Jan 2018
Mewa sworn in as home affairs minister
Member of Parliament for Temotu Nende Constituency Commins Aston Mewa is the new minister of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Mr Mewa took his oath of allegiance and oath of office in front of the Governor General Sir Frank Kabui at the Government House today.
5 Dec 2017
Provincial Governments
Longest-serving premier Kiloe announces retirement
Jackson Kiloe, who has been the premier of Choiseul Province for the past 18 years, is the longest-serving of all current provincial premiers. And now he is planning to retire. Premier Kiloe told SIBC News he needs a break after his nearly two-decade tenure, during which he never took a holiday.
30 Nov 2017