JANE WAETARA IS OUR UN REPRESENTATIVE

JANE WAETARA who has resigned as Chief Electoral Commissioner is our new Permanent Representative to the United Nations and High Commissioner to Canada, it was revealed on Tuesday. This was confirmed by a member of the Board of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission. Solomon Star obtained the information after days hunting the reason(s) for what…

World Bank’s $64m support

THE World Bank has approved an additional US$8million (SBD$64million) in emergency COVID-19 support to Solomon Islands following our worsened COVID-19 situation over the past several months. A statement from the World Bank yesterday said the additional US$8million adds to an existing US$5million (SBD$40million) in support approved in February 2021; bringing the total World Bank support…

PM CONDEMNS MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN  

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare last week condemned the Leader Of Opposition (LOO) of orchestrating a distasteful misinformation campaign in attempts to promote hatred against the reigning Democratic Coalition Government Advancement (DCGA).  A statement from the Prime Minister said Opposition Leader Mathew Wale’s ongoing rants against the Prime Minister over the Security Cooperation with China claiming…

Minister calls for useful use of budget 

MINISTER for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration (MCILI) Hon Frederick Kologeto calls on those who will benefit from his ministry’s budget allocation to use the funding wisely. When presenting his speech during the budget debate in Parliament, Mr Kologeto said the budget for his ministry was $33.7 million. He said this is an increase from…