Thursday, May 25th, 2017
Missing water tanks investigation pointing inward
AN accountant who could unlock the mystery over the missing 36 Ministry of Health and Medical Services water tanks is being moved from his job in an internal staff shake-up, sources have revealed. Investigations into the tanks, missing since April this year, have narrowed its focus to two people – the accountant and a former programme manager, who has now joined the Guadalcanal Provincial government. “The accountant and the former programme manager hold the key. They know who picked up the water tanks from the supplier, Island Tank Ltd,” theRead More
Former PS seeks justice
FREDDY Meesa was recently relived of duties as of May 4, 2017, and has classed his termination as an ‘unfair dismissal’. Meesa exclusively told Island Sun this when the paper visited him in hospital yesterday. The terminated Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Justice and Legal Aaffairs told Island Sun that he was terminated on the basis of his prolonged illness having been living with diabetes under strict dieting and exercising. Meesa exclusively added that the quotation in his termination letter stated four months of prolonged illness when heRead More
Gov’t team returns empty-handed?
A top level Government delegation negotiating the buy-back arrangement of Hell’s Point on the outskirts of the city and related Russell Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL) issues has arrived back rather tight-lipped about the outcome of the three-day talks. The Government delegation which left last Sunday was led by Secretary to Cabinet, James Remobatu and included the Attorney General James Apaniai as well as the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister’s Office, Robson Djokovic. All Mr Djokovic could offer in an email yesterday morning was, “Negotiations went well detailsRead More