Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Richard Marles MP, has arrived in Honiara to meet with Solomon Islands newly formed Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT). Mr Marles will meet with Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele and other senior ministers of the GNUT cabinet while he is in Honiara. Mr Marles said the relationship…
THE Speaker of Parliament Patteson John Oti has thanked the Members of the 12th Parliament for the trust and confidence they have in him by electing him to the speakership. Mr Oti who first served as the Speaker of Parliament during the 11th Parliament was nominated unopposed for the position and as such was automatically…
PARLIAMENT was adjourned last Friday until Monday the 10th of June to allow the Manele & Tovosia-led Government of National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) to complete its Coalition Policy Statement and Policy Translation Document. This was announced in Parliament by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele when moving a special motion last Friday to adjourn Parliament until…
THE member of Parliament for Central Honiara Constituency Gordon Darcy Lilo has urged the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) to start governing the country without delay and prioritize building the local economy and forget about geopolitics. MP Lilo, an economist by profession and a former Prime Minister, was contributing to the Special Adjournment…
THE result of the Prime Ministerial Election on May 2 showed that two members from the CARE-SIUP-SIPRA coalition camp voted for the candidate of the opposite camp, Jeremiah Manele and not their camp’s nominated candidate Matthew Wale. Prior to the election, the CARE-SIUP-SIPRA camp officially announced that it had 20 MPs in its fold. The…
THE new Minister of the Ministry of Forestry and Research, Makario Tagini has pledged to ensure satisfactory improvements in the ministry during his tenure as Minister. He made this sentiment in a short induction and welcome gathering with the staff of the ministry recently. Minister Tagini said amongst the many improvements needed are the taking…