A MEDICAL team from the visiting United States Navy Mercy (T-AH 19)- the world’s biggest floating hospital- will be deployed to Malaita Province next week on a four-day assignment. USN Mercy is currently berthing in the Honiara Habour. Its visit to Solomon Islands is part of its Pacific Partnership Programme for 2022. The upcoming deployment…
The Opposition says Sogavare’s intention to rush the Constitutional Amendment Bill through Parliament is an abuse of processes OPPOSITION Leader Mathew Wale has lashed out at Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s move to fast track the Constitutional Amendment Bill to defer the 2023 election without going through the necessary parliamentary processes. Prime Minister Sogavare in yesterday‘s…
SINCE the suspension of the former Malaita Provincial Secretary (PS) Fredrick Fa’abasua, the Malaita Provincial Government has maintained the view that the action by the National Government regarding the matter was baseless. The outspoken Malaita Premier, Daniel Suidani recently accused the National Government for wrongly dealing with the former Malaita PS. He said there are…
PM Sogavare and his Democratic Coalition for Change Government are being accused of lying about a Fishery Project by the Lord Howe Fishery Taskforce THE Chairman of the Lord Howe Fishery Taskforce, Lawrence Makili has accused Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) of lying to people of Malaita Outer…
IMAGINE sitting all day throughout the week along the street to sell something just to make ends meet is a huge challenge. It requires a lot of energy, time, patience, and dedication. At the Western Provincial capital of Gizo, there are many betel nut vendors who are busy each day to generate an income by…
THE national government through East Malaita Constituency Office (EMCO) is committed to implement the road infrastructure development in East Malaita to improve constituents’ accessibility to basic services. This is evident in several new feeder road infrastructures constructed by the government through EMCO in the region. These new feeder roads area include: Baunakunu 6 kilometres feeder…
Prime Minister Sogavare welcomes the inaugural visit by the US Navy Hospital Ship MERCY THE Solomon Islands Government and residents of Honiara yesterday celebrated the inaugural visit by the US Navy Hospital Ship MERCY to the under the Pacific Partnership-22 programme of cooperation. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare attended the welcome ceremony which he described as…
THE Australian High Commission in Honiara is tight-lipped about High Commissioner Lachlan Strahan’s conversation with Solomon Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry and External Trade (MFAET) about the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC’s) Four Corner Programme revealing that a Chinese state-owned company was in talks to purchase the Kolombangara Forest Plantations Limited (KFPL). MFAET had summoned…
Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana has announced the decline of the Viral Respiratory Illness throughout Honiara and the provinces. He made the announcement in Parliament in response to a question from Opposition Leader Mathew Wale regarding the status of the Viral Respiratory Illness as there are people still experience flu-like illness…
A SEXUAL offence against an elderly man has been discontinued in the High Court recently due to his deteriorating health. The accused was charged with one count of sexual intercourse with a child under 15. The prosecution alleged that that elder had sexual intercourse with a six -year-old girl in East Honiara in 2017. The…