AS looting and burning of Honiara continues unabated for the second day running, there are suggestions the Government could invoke provisions of a bilateral security treaty Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed with Australia in 2017. Neither the Australian High Commission in Honiara nor the Office of the Prime Minister could be reached for comments yesterday.…
Premier of Malaita Province, the most populous province of the country has joined the Leader of Opposition and others to call on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to immediately step down as Prime Minister to allow a new leader who has the confidence of the people to lead the country. This follows the recent call by…
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, has called on the Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare to immediately resign. “I call on the Prime Minister to do the right thing and resign’. He added that, ‘given the current situation the honourable thing to do is to resign”. Hon. Wale pointed to yesterday’s protest and current…
Thursday 25 November, Honiara – Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), as the peak body representing the private sector, is observing the current security situation in Honiara with great concern. As the representative of the business community, SICCI in a statement released today (Thursday 25 November, 2021) urge everyone to exercise judgement and…
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM), the Most Revd. Leonard Dawea, is calling on all members of the ACOM in Honiara and throughout the country to refrain from participating in illegal activities including the wanton destruction of property and looting of businesses. The Archbishop is very concerned about the destruction of both…