Both Solomon Islands and New Zealand have produced dominant performances to get their OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifying campaigns off to a flying start in Fiji. In the tournament’s opener at Suva’s ANZ National Stadium the Solomon Islanders cruised past American Samoa before the Kiwis flexed their muscles to overcome a determined Samoa outfit. Batram Suri’s…
DEAR EDITOR – What a sad day – now that some of our leaders have chosen China! You will be held accountable by the generations to come for the choice that you have made today! Do we not realise that we have a third choice besides the CHINA or TAIWAN saga? And that third choice…
DEAR EDITOR – In the Solomon star of Friday 20th Malaita premier Suidani said that the SIG decision to sever ties with Taiwan deprived Malaita and its people largely from benefiting from a USD$300 million package offered by USA to Malaita for its development aspirations. I think this is a latest move by USA to…
DEAR EDITOR – The people of Solomon Islands are already facing a bill from the switch that Sogavare’s government voted for on Monday 16 September. It is a $53million Solomon Islands dollar loan that the ROC was repaying on behalf of SIG. It was due to be paid off by 2025, but with the switch…
DEAR EDITOR – Solomon Islands is an independent state that has gained its independence in 1978 thanks to the Ma’asina rule – the movement with vision that enabled us to stand on our own. With the vision, our forefathers have chosen to remain a democratic country meaning a country rule by people. This is nicely…
As the pro-Chinese emphatically exclaimed “Its China”, Island Sun headline last Tuesday said it all; “September 16 – A sad day”. Yes, I agree, it’s a sad day indeed. A relationship that we worked hard together to develop over nearly four decades had abruptly disappeared, taken away by a government that…
Member of Parliament (MP) for East Are Are Constituency and Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Kenilorea Jr has expressed disappointment over the government’s move to ignore the recommendation by the Foreign Relations Committee (FRC) before switching ties with China. In a statement on Sunday Kenilorea Jr said it is discouraging that the establishment of diplomatic relations…
THE East Makira Constituency is set to hold its by-election by the end of this year. This is to elect a new Member of Parliament for the constituency following the passing on of their winning MP, Late Charles Maefai just after the April election. The by-election will fall on the same date as the Makira…
ONE of the Solomon Islands environmental actors has called on the Solomon Islands Government through its various ministries to consider the high number wreckage and its pollution that went unnoticed. Lawrence Makili said he understands there’s a current program of ocean clean that has been carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External…
SOLOMON Islands has formally established ties with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the weekend. The signing of the deal came five days after the country abandoned its ties with Taiwan on Monday 16th September. A statement from the Prime Ministers Office said Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Jeremiah Manele signed the…