OPPOSITION Leader Honorable Matthew Wale says the current Prime Minister has mishandled the EXIM Bank loan debacle during the ethnic crisis. Speaking in Parliament recently, Honorable Wale said under the current Prime Minister’s watch, our nation experienced the tragedy of the EXIM Bank incident. He said it was a glaring reminder of how noble intentions…
THE Japanese Embassy in Honiara on Wednesday organised a tour for local journalists in Honiara to see the various development projects the Japanese Government has supported Solomon Islands with through its Grassroots and Human Security Project. The project has supported and benefited different sectors like health, education, police and many important areas in the social…
TRIAL for four men who allegedly raided a house and ransacked three containers belonging the Ocean Sky at Number Three in China Town during the COVID-19 curfew in the early hours of 11 February 2022 has started. Philip Solodia, 30, Michael Donga, 28, Moses Fono’ota, 28, and Lawrence Alufurai, 25, are on trial for the…
Public servants face salary restructure as World Bank begins discussions on the policy initiative announced in 2019 by the Sogavare-led DCGA THE WORLD BANK has begun work on restructuring salaries of public servants by holding discussions with stakeholders in Honiara. No details are immediately available on the World Bank mission nor the discussions. But the…
WORK on re-graveling the 17-kilometre stretch of road from Gwaunaru’u junction to Dala in West Kwara’ae in Malaita Province under the Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP) is progressing well. Re-gravelling work has commenced at the Gwaunaruu road junction and is progressing well. The SIRAP road component is implemented by the Ministry of Infrastructure…
HEARING of evidences on the matter of the two men who allegedly printed and circulated counterfeit $100 notes in Honiara last year will commence today in the Honiara Magistrate Court. Paul Olofia and Mark Naku are facing trial for the charge of uttering before Deputy Chief Magistrate, Ricky Iomea. The trial was scheduled to start…
AN 11-year-old boy in the Micronesian Nukunao community just outside of Gizo, the Western Provincial Capital was attacked by a dog whilst playing with his friends. Nukunao Community is situated in the new Titiana Village. This latest dog attack which occurred last Saturday further compounded existing grave concerns about public safety from stray dogs following…
THE 2023Pacific Games Baton has completed its tour in Isabel Province, the first province to host the Baton Relay following its official unveiling two week ago. The Baton’s team posted pictures of the communities in Isabel they visited, describing their tour as both exciting and successful. “The emotions captured in the photos are like a…
WAY forward (2) for State Government that was mentioned in “An Inhouse Critical Analysis: Final Draft of the Federal Constitution” says [quote]: Way Forward D (2): “It is important that the intention to restructure the country’s government system along the line of federalism as per the new Constitution must be supported by the entire country,…
Dear Editor, I wish to raise the ill-considered military intervention by the RSIPF after mid 1999 using guns during the so called ‘Ethnic Tension” in the Solomon Islands. At a time when the Commonwealth Envoy, Major General Sitiveni Rabuka, was attempting to broker a peace settlement to the uprising in the Solomon Islands that first…