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Public Service Team Holds Awareness Talk In Auki
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 10:16 am | Solomon Islands Government
A team from the Ministry of Public Service held two days awareness and consultation talks with various cadres and Senior Public Servants posted within the Malaita Provincial Government in Auki last week. More >>
Sir Nathaniel Waena Visits Gold Ridge Mine
Monday, 5 November 2007, 2:02 pm | Solomon Islands Government
The Governor General His Excellency Sir Nathaniel Waena on Friday made a private visit to the Gold Ridge Mining site in Central Guadalcanal as the mine is expected to inject more than 35 percent of revenue into the national economy when it exports ... More >>
Liloqula Dismisses Claims To Suppress Speech
Friday, 2 November 2007, 2:22 pm | Solomon Islands Government
Local Lawyer John Keniapisia claimed in the Solomon Star newspaper today that Ms Liloqula's presence implied the present government's directive for the Governor General to summon NCW General Secretary, Ella Kauhue for criticizing the government. More >>
"PM Sogavare Is Our Undisputed Leader"
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 10:13 am | Solomon Islands Government
Caucus Members rejected today's front page story in the Solomon Star as "baseless and alarmist propaganda invented by the media to test the strength of Grand Coalition's solidarity and undivided loyalty to our Prime Minister." More >>
Leaders Meeting Opened At Tonga Royal Court
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 3:10 pm | Solomon Islands Government
The Forum Leaders and delegates were also treated to the traditional Tongan custom of welcoming chiefs, the ha'unga, where pigs and kava were accorded to the Leaders and delegates. More >>
PM Sogavare Explains Absence From Forum Summit
Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 11:13 am | Solomon Islands Government
The Prime Minister said his government is insulted by Canberra's ongoing pressure on Forum member countries to oppose Solomon Islands position and intention to review the Facilitation of International Assistance Act 2003 (FIAA) that allows RAMSI into ... More >>
PM Sogavare Leaves For Marshalls, Taiwan Visit
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 9:52 am | Solomon Islands Government
This year's nine day summit begins this Friday and will cover presentations on the progress and achievements in the implementation of the 2006 Palau Declarations and discussions on health, medical and environment protection issues. More >>
New Law And Justice Minister Sworn-in
Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 10:18 am | Solomon Islands Government
The New Minister for the Ministry of Law and Justice Francis John Zama was sworn in at the Government House today by the Governor General His Excellency Sir Nathaniel Waena. More >>
RAMSI Review To Improve Partnership - Oti
Monday, 8 October 2007, 2:20 pm | Solomon Islands Government
Foreign Affairs Minister, Patterson Oti has rejected claims by his Australian counterpart, Alexander Downer that he wants to destroy the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands. More >>
Investigation Probes Corruption Of People's Survey
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 10:09 am | Solomon Islands Government
Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has ordered a full investigation of the involvement of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury's Statistics Division in the design and completion of the recent People's Survey commissioned by ANUTech, following last week's revelations ... More >>
Agriculture Funds Ready To Roll
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 8:57 am | Solomon Islands Government
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock will soon release funds for successful applicants for "The Support to Rehabilitation of the Copra and Cocoa Industries" following the closure of the application process on Friday 28 September. More >>
Taiwan Releases 4th Trench Of Constituency, Fund
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 8:55 am | Solomon Islands Government
The Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has released the fourth tranche of the 2007 Constituency and Rural Development Projects fund worth SBD $10-million as well as funding for two other projects. More >>
Malaita Move To Improve Financial Management
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 8:54 am | Solomon Islands Government
The program also known by the acronym "PGSP" is a joint donor initiative established following a request by the National Government in 2004 for an integrated approach to provincial government strengthening. More >>
Foreign Minister Oti Sounds Climate Change Alarm
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 8:53 am | Solomon Islands Government
Solomon Islands and other small pacific island nations - home to 5 percent of the world's population, could disappear under rising oceans as the Earth warms, delegates from 37 small island states warned on Monday. More >>
National Express Challenged To Print Facts
Monday, 24 September 2007, 3:30 pm | Solomon Islands Government
"I don't let the media run my life since they've already ruined it. I would have dismissed the attack on me by National Express last Friday as yet another story on the anti-Moti theme that defines the trash they call a newspaper." More >>
"FIAA Review Is Our Sovereign Right": Sogavare
Monday, 24 September 2007, 3:30 pm | Solomon Islands Government
"Our Visitors must realize that it is the privilege of every MP to speak his mind freely in Parliament. That is my constitutional right and I will not apologize to anyone for calling a spade a spade," Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said. More >>
AG tells RAMSI: "Go and Get Court Injunction"
Monday, 24 September 2007, 3:29 pm | Solomon Islands Government
"It seems so silly to obstruct the path of a meaningful review of the existing FIAA notice when our Provincial Premiers have also just called for the reorientation and scaling down of the Visiting Contingent's operational presence as a result of its ... More >>
SIG Apologises For Postponment Of Consultation
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 3:21 pm | Solomon Islands Government
The Solomon Islands Government has apologized for the postponement of its third Enhanced Consultation Mechanism meeting with the Pacific Islands Forum and the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands but at the same time requested the Pacific Islands forum ... More >>
Lilo Accepts Australian Debt Relief Offer
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 2:57 pm | Solomon Islands Government
The Minister for Finance and Treasury, Hon Gordon Darcy Lilo has accepted an Australian Government debt relief offer in respect of the Solomon Islands Government outstanding debts to the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) of Australia. More >>
Gov't Postpones Tripartite Meeting
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 11:37 am | Solomon Islands Government
The government has postponed a consultative meeting with a delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum and the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands this morning due to the short notice it was given for the talk. More >>