By Shreya Rajpuriya Country Coordinator, Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), Solomon Islands There is a peculiar kind of familiarity to storms now. They arrive not as interruptions, but as something already anticipated – tracked, named, watched, followed as they begin to take shape. In the Solomon Islands, Cyclone…
There are claims the newly sworn-in Minister of Rural Development (MRD) David Gina rejoins the Coalition Group at Xaio Hotel in Henderson. In a photo circulating via the social media on Monday morning, Hon. Gina was sitting with some of the Members of Parliament [MP] from the Coalition and Opposition Group. Hon. Gina was sworn-in…
The Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) has successfully secured the support of Hon. David Gina over the weekend, reportedly with the backing of the Christian Fellowship Church (CFC). Sources within Opposition circles claim that GNUT agreed to address certain issues concerning the CFC—an influential church in Western Province—in exchange for its support, which…
Opposition Leader Hon. Matthew Wale has launched a blistering attack on the Government saying the fuel tax exemption exposes a system of favouritism, incompetence and backroom dealing. “Let’s be clear, you don’t ‘accidentally’ sign away millions in tax revenue. This was not a mistake. This was a political decision,” Hon. Wale said. He said the…