Cabinet urged to upgrade fundings to ‘reasonable levels’ PREMIER of Guadalcanal Province says provincial governments need more support to perform up to the required standard. Premier Anthony Veke said all the premiers are planning to meet with the Prime Minister to discuss pressing issues facing the provincial governments, especially manpower which is critically affecting the provinces’ performances. He announced that the recent premiers’ conference had suggested for Cabinet to increase grants to a reasonable level that would allow provinces to directly recruit specialists, whose capacities can be expanded through the Provincial Government Strengthening Programme (PGSP) phase 2. Premier Veke
GIZO based WWF field Project Coordinator, Salome Topo has thanked NGO’s and government stakeholders for successfully celebrating World Coral Triangle Day in Gizo Western Province. Mrs Topo thanked participants including
Fate lies on JOC meeting as Executive Government makes re-appeal…. CENTRAL Islands Province (CIP) has been disqualified from the 2017-18 PCDF Funding. According to the CIP Premier Hon
RURU primary and secondary school was flooded after heavy rains last Saturday, in east Fataleka, in Malaita province. Ruru School principal Wesley Rubea told this paper yesterday that the flooding
THE owners of the land where Lomlom Airport is located are seeking answers from the government regarding their money. The government has already spent $6million as payment for landowners, however
WESTERN Province’s immediate challenge is the border issue in relation to its monitoring and management. At the moment the border on the Western end of Solomon Islands is left open
THE new Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Western Province is Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley who is on his first visit to the Western Province introduced the
POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley is on a visit to the Western Provincial capital, Gizo. Upon arrival yesterday, Commissioner Varley met with the Province’s outgoing Acting Police Commander Vincent Eria, Western
TEMOTU Province has strongly supported the Government’s intention to revive the former Development Bank of Solomon Islands (DBSI). Reopening the Bank is one of the important flagship policies that the
AUSTRALIA’S High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands His Excellency, Roderick Brazier will be paying a visit to the Youth@Work Gizo branch this afternoon. This is part of his visit to
AUSTRALIAN Direct Aid Programme funding is helping the Temotuan communities of Malo and Nesapla to access safe and clean drinking water by providing ten 3000-litre water tanks. The water tanks were
