SOLOMON Islands Democratic Party (SIDP) and the Democratic Alliance Party (DAP) signed a coalition agreement to contest the National General Elections in April this year. The coalition partnership was signed by the SIDP wing leader Matthew Wale and DAP wing leader Rick Houenipwela. Wale is the former Opposition Leader and former MP for Aoke/Langalanga. Houenipwela…
Permanent Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries from the 23 government ministries have joined the care- taker Prime Minister and officials from the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) in this morning’s devotion. This morning was special as it was the first time for PSs and DSs to join the care- taker PM and officials…
PROVINCIAL Police Commanders (PPCs) and Directors of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have commenced a one-week conference in Honiara in preparation for the synchronized 2024 National General Election 2024. The PPCs and Directors conference which started yesterday will conclude on Friday. It is conducted under the theme ‘Empower, Prevail and Protect’ which were officiated by…
SOLOMON Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption (SIICAC) has been described as a ‘tiger without teeth to bite’ because it does not have the power to deal with corrupt practises and fight corruption. Chairperson Sir Frank Ofagioro Kabui highlighted this last Friday at the official launch of the annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report 2023 in…
RULING on the application for a temporary stay of criminal proceedings against Temotu Premier Clay Forau who allegedly misused over $350,000 belonging to his constituents when he was the Member of Parliament for Temotu VATUD will be delivered today. The outcome of the ruling will determine as to whether or not the trial that was…
SOLOMON Islands High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea (PNG), His Excellency William Soaki met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Papua New Guinea, Honourable Justin Tkatchenko and reaffirmed the country’s commitment to closer cooperation with PNG. The meeting convened last week was initiated after the reinstatement of Tkatchenko as the Foreign Affairs Minister. The…
THE outgoing, outspoken and former Opposition Leader, Mathew Wale is in boiling water as his constituents of Aoke-Langalanga Constituency continue to expose his ‘dirty deals’ to retain the constituency seat at the coming National General Election (NGE) in April. A government insider said many officials have read the news item in the Solomon Star Edition…
CARETAKER Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Sunday bade farewell to the Governor General His Excellency Sir David Vunagi as the latter departed for Australia for medical check. Caretaker Prime Minister Sogavare, Speaker of National Parliament Patteson Oti, Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer and Commissioner of Police Mostyn Mangau were amongst dignitaries who made it to…
THE country’s eligible voters who will not be in the country on the Election Day to cast their votes, including Solomon Islanders in Australia and New Zealand for seasonal work, will not be able to participate in the 2024 joint elections as there will still be no out-of-constituency voting, neither postal voting. This was explained…
BREAST cancer is the now leading cause of death amongst women in Solomon Islands followed by cervical cancer. This was revealed by the head of the Oncology Unit at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara which looks after the registry of all cancer cases in the county. Dr Andrew Soma highlighted this last Friday…