I THINK that the prime minister’s intention to sue the Solomon Star and the Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) for the publication of allegations of sex scandal will be personally and politically detrimental to him. It will harm, more than help, his reputation. I am therefore surprised that his lawyer and close associates have advised…
EVERYONE must know that compensation is not an opportunity to extort money or goods from someone or another party. Customarily, compensation is a bridge, a form of punishment which attracts reconciliation that is normally made to mend any problem between two people or parties. A person or party that committed wrong always pays a very…
The aid sector gasped this week at the news that the Australian government would divert $375 million of foreign aid away from helping the world’s poorest people towards meeting the costs of supporting asylum seekers in Australia. This decision, perversely, makes Australia the third largest recipient of Australian aid. No right minded individual would deny…
VANUATU icon and Pacific songbird Vanessa Quai sent the Honiara crowd into rapture during her concert at the lakeside stage, Panatina, last Sunday. She gave the crowd a glimpse of her new and upcoming album that comprised songs sang in New Caledonia, Spanish and French. “I’m honoured to be invited by Kingdom Harvest ministry to…
A YOUNG gospel band, Unix Jewels, this week returned from their two week tour of Port Vila, Vanuatu. The group was part of a delegation from the Bethlehem South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) that attended a convention in Port Vila last week. According to the group’s manager, Tommy Mana, Unix Jewels is made up mostly…
The country’s three time award winning musician Samson Allan Saeni known as “Sharzy” last weekend rocked Gizo with his unique Island styles of music. He put on a night of musical entertainment for residents in the Western provincial capital. Sharzy traveled to Gizo on Friday and put on his public show at the Gizo Hotel…
Thousands of music fans, supporters and the public turn up at Bodo Field to witness the grand final of this first ever climate change music awareness competition. Eight bands who qualified from the semi-final rounds last Saturday – the Big Dum, Kolaridge Boys, Forest Voice Singers, Scripture Union, Mewan, Fishing Heights, The CLI-Mates and…
It can choose to be transparent and reveal all or wait for the legal challenge or a Commission of Enquiry, or both, to unravel its callous handling of the Members’ Fund. Last Wednesday 21 November, in the Solomon Star, Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF) warned NPF that if it did not come clean on certain actions…
FOR the first time in the history of this country the government was able to organise a church fellowship program for its public officers. The country had seen the public officers engaging in social activities such as the inter-ministry league where public officers came together to compete in sporting activities. This is to address some…
THE Leadership Code Commission urgently needs to be reformed. This was one of the key messages delivered by the Taskforce on Political Integrity and Stability to the Premier’s Conference in Kira Kira last week. The Taskforce recommended that the LCC should be brought under the control of a new Independent Commission Against Corruption, a…