PM WRONG APPROACH

Muaki: PM should address letter to APID, not Bintan By TEDDY KAFO A FORMER special secretary to the prime minister has exposed a major dent in the attempt by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to clarify the highly controversial letter he wrote to miners, Bintan Mining Ltd. Mr Sogavare has said of the letter that it…

PMO: Sasako gets it wrong again

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPMC) has slammed a report by Alfred Sasako in the Island Sun newspaper, Thursday. This was in response to a report bearing the headline; “Two senior officers escape PM’s cost-cutting measures.” Alex Akwai of the Prime Minister Office (PMO) Press in a statement on Friday described the report as…

PM finally reshuffles Rini, Maneniaru

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare finally carried out his plan to reshuffle the Minister of Finance and Treasury Snyder Rini and the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources John Maneniaru. Minister Rini and Minister Maneniaru were sworn in for their new ministerial portfolios by the Governor General Sir Frank Ofagioro Kabui at the Government House on…

Hou ends constituency tour

Small Malaita Member of Parliament (MP) has successfully completed his constituency tour last month. A statement by the Small Malaita Constituency Office, said Rick Hou visited the constituency from 8 – 20 September 2017. “This is his 4th visit to the constituency in 2017”, the statement said. The SMC Office said that on this visit…

Brazilian slams refs

BRAZILIAN Marist defender Diego says referees officiating in the Telekom S-League are making too many mistakes in round one of the country’s elite football league. The towering centre back told Star Sports on Thursday, playing in the TSL is very difficult because the officials are very poor. “The playing level here is very difficult because…