Malaita chiefs have called on the mover of the Motion of No Confidence against Premier Daniel Suidani to withdraw the motion following a meeting in Auki last Friday. Speaking to Solomon Star Auki following the meeting, a spokesperson for the chiefs, Flex Fiumae said chiefs representing all language groups in Malaita Province have held an…
THE GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has refuted reports that it had attempted to block nurses from working overseas. In a statement the ministry said, it was startled by the Island Sun front-page report on Thursday last week, that health officials are working on, what it described as “Blocking” nurses…
Washington re-establishes diplomatic presence in Solomon Islands after almost 30 years of withdrawal The United States (US) Embassy will accelerate the vital collaboration in building the decades of ties between the US and Solomon Islands after 30 years of diplomatic absence in Honiara. US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, made this assurance during the…
SETTING up of the Malaita Province Resources Management Advisory Committee is the way forward for donor-funded development in Malaita Province. Malaita Premier, Daniel Suidani, expressed this sentiment after the establishment of the Malaita Province Resources Management Advisory Committee, which is working on the ground with USAID and Winrock. Premier Suidani said this process is the…
Men in custody for armed robbery THREE men have been arrested and charged for allegedly robbing over $100,000 including Chinese currencies at the Holiday Resort Motel at Henderson, Guadalcanal on January 20. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau, at his first weekly media conference for this year, said the trio are currently remanded in custody. He said…
NOT many people on Malaita are convinced, let alone accept the rationale for the No Confidence motion being moved against Premier Daniel Suidani. For one thing, timing to the next election is far too short. Only five more months to the next provincial government election. The protagonists argue there’s little time to do anything if…
LEADER of Opposition, Matthew Wale, has slammed plans by the Government to restrict local nurses from seeking job opportunities overseas. The Opposition Office is aware that nurses are planning a mass departure to work at Aged Care Centres in Australia with offers also in Vanuatu. Mr Wale said the Government through the Health Ministry and…
MALAITA Premier, Daniel Suidani, has accused veteran journalist, Alfred Sasako, as a journalist with an agenda against the MARA government. Speaking to Solomon Star Auki, Premier Suidani said since the emergence of the MARA government in 2019, Mr Sasako has published all sorts of ‘rubbish’ aimed at tannishing the MARA government in the mainstream media.…
THE United States has opened its 164th diplomatic mission here in Honiara today. The technical opening of the Embassy of the United States in Honiara was welcomed by the Solomon Islands Government through a statement relayed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Colin Beck. Permanent Secretary Beck said…
The visiting Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Ho-jeung KANG paid an introductory courtesy visit to Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP, this afternoon. The Republic of Korea and Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations in 1978, a year after Solomon Islands gained Political independence. As a traditional donor partner, Korea…