The Government through the Ministry of Public Service has advised all public servants with the exception of essential services Ministries, to stay home due to the current unrest in Honiara City. Essential services workers included health workers, police and others such as customs, immigration and aviation. A statement from Government Communication Unit said the government…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is calling on all community leaders to help police stop the protests on the streets of Honiara. A statement from Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau said enough is enough. “I am respectfully calling on all community leaders to help us spread the message that ‘enough is enough’. “There is…
THE Choiseul Provincial Government has strongly condemned the burning and looting of properties in Honiara and urged Choiseul people living in Honiara to refrain from involving in these activities. In a statement yesterday, Choiseul Province Premier Benjamin Harrison appealed to all Choiseul people living in |Honiara to remain calm and refrain from involving in any…
Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga has reiterated his call for Malaita leaders to come together in dialogue to talk about issues that need addressing. In a nationwide address last night, Mr Maelanga said the government want leaders of Malaita in the government, the opposition and the province to have a dialogue to sort the issues…
LOOTING and destruction of properties continued for the third day running in Honiara as rioters apply pressure on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to resign. They are also demanding the resignation of Attorney General John Muria jnr. and Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau. In their latest act of defiance, the leaf house used by police providing security…
AS looting and burning of Honiara continues unabated for the second day running, there are suggestions the Government could invoke provisions of a bilateral security treaty Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed with Australia in 2017. Neither the Australian High Commission in Honiara nor the Office of the Prime Minister could be reached for comments yesterday.…
Premier of Malaita Province, the most populous province of the country has joined the Leader of Opposition and others to call on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to immediately step down as Prime Minister to allow a new leader who has the confidence of the people to lead the country. This follows the recent call by…
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, has called on the Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare to immediately resign. “I call on the Prime Minister to do the right thing and resign’. He added that, ‘given the current situation the honourable thing to do is to resign”. Hon. Wale pointed to yesterday’s protest and current…
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM), the Most Revd. Leonard Dawea, is calling on all members of the ACOM in Honiara and throughout the country to refrain from participating in illegal activities including the wanton destruction of property and looting of businesses. The Archbishop is very concerned about the destruction of both…
HONIARA City was last night facing a night of terror as protestors vented their anger, demanding Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to resign immediately. In a day which slowly turned violent, one female police officer was injured, a leaf hut next to Parliament House was torched, along with the Kukum Traffic Police Station. Shops at the…