OPPOSITION HITS BACK AT PM: STOP LYING WE DON’T SUPPORT PARLIAMENT EXTENSION

OPPOSITION MPs have categorically denied the Prime Minister’s statement in Parliament that they also support the extension of Parliament.  According to the Opposition side, this is an ironic example of what the Government has been preaching as ‘misinformation’.  In a statement today, the Opposition Leader reiterated the Opposition Group’s position that they will not support…

VAX POLICY PROBED

Cr Ngati: What’s next for Vaccination Policy victims? COUNCILLOR for Honiara City’s Vura Ward, Reginald Ngati has probed the government on what it is planning next for the victims of its ‘No Jab, No Job or No Jab, No School Policy’. It is understood that hundreds of public servants were forced to quit their employment…

Education funding on international bench mark

THE educational funding by the national government in the country is within the international benchmark of 15 to 20 per cent of public expenditure. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday Minister of Education and Human Resources Development Lanelle Olandrea Tanangada said the ministry needs to strengthen a more sustainable public financing of education. She said since…

PM hits out at ‘Backyard’ brand

PRIME Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare calls on foreign countries, institutions and organizations to stop labelling Solomon Islands and other Pacific Islands nations as their ‘backyard’. He expressed this in Parliament on Tuesday to wind up the motion to acknowledge the speech from the throne by His Excellency Governor General Sir David Vunagi. He said the term ‘Backyard’ is very insulating and disrespectful. He highlighted…