The US Ambassador to Solomon Islands, PNG and Vanuatu, Her Excellency Ann Marie Yastishock has made a courtesy visit on Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele in Honiara today (27 May). Ambassador Yastishock formally congratulated Hon. Manele on his recent election as the new Prime Minister of Solomon Islands. The two leaders discussed a broad range of…
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) Peter Shanel Agovaka has participated in the 3rd Singapore Pacific High-Level Visit last week. Minister Agovaka joined other Pacific Islands Ministers along with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretary General Henry Puna during the discussions from Monday to Thursday. The event was the first overseas engagement…
High Court to hear Wale’s claim challenging the validity of the recent Prime Ministerial Election on 12 June, Private Lawyer Suri to argue the inadequacy of the nomination period THE High Court has set June 12 to hear the claim of the candidate of the CARE-SIUP-SIPRA candidate for the Prime Ministership on May 2, Matthew…
FORMER Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Small Malaita, Rick Hou, has urged the re-elected Mayor of Honiara City Council, Eddie Siapu, to address the town’s transport system issues. MP Hou made this call during his contribution to the special adjournment motion moved by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele last Friday to adjourn Parliament till…
SI’s security and economy poised to be boosted through a BMS system delivered through a trilateral partnership to which Australia will contribute over SBD 18 million as heralded by its visiting DPM and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles AUSTRALIAN Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles has announced Australia’s support to boost Solomon…
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Richard Marles MP, has arrived in Honiara to meet with Solomon Islands newly formed Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT). Mr Marles will meet with Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele and other senior ministers of the GNUT cabinet while he is in Honiara. Mr Marles said the relationship…
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…