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…
PREMIER Elijah Asilaua spent his first day in office on Wednesday this week, attending to what you might call first things first as he scans the horizon for future opportunities. Before his 17-member Ministerial line up was sworn in on Wednesday morning this week, Japan became the first donor partner to knock on his door…
SOLOMON Islands joined the world to celebrate the International Nurses Day on Monday. The International Nurse’s Day is celebrated on 12 May annually to commemorate the birthday of the founding mother of nursing Florence Nightingale who was born in 1820. The theme for this year’s International Nurse’s Day is, “Our Nurses Our Future the Economic…
SOLOMON Islands and Papua New Guinea discussed a number of security arrangements last weekend. The discussions were held between Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, Minister of the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services (MPNSCS), Jimson Tanangada and MPNSCS Permanent Secretary Karen Galokale, Commissioner of Police Mostyn Mangau and PNG’s Minister for Police, Peter Tsiamilili…
NZ’s Peters-led high-level political delegation meets, congratulates PM Manele, reassures SI of NZ’s commitment to build on the longstanding NZ-SI relations and to continue assistance towards SI’s economic reform efforts THE New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters has reaffirmed New Zealand’s commitment to build on the longstanding New Zealand-Solomon Islands relationship…
Australia is helping create jobs for Solomon Islanders through skills and training, with seventeen young Solomon Islander women recently receiving their Australian accredited Working in Aged Care Preparation Skill Set qualifications. Graduates with this qualification can pursue health sector employment opportunities in Solomon Islands, or in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme.…