MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Rennell Bellona Dr Tautai Angikimu’a Kaitu’u has highlighted on the floor of parliament the need to help resource owners benefit fully from their resources. Dr Kaitu’u said loggers and miners entered agreements with resource owners but did not honour the agreements resulting in resource owners at the losing end of…
AS a disciplined force, it is unusual for police to take, let alone talk about any form of protest. They are bound by law to uphold the law. With changing circumstances, police are now talking about taking action to address some of their longstanding issues. Today officers representing more than 500 police men and women…
THE Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) advices police to charge officer with missing $300k One-Link money after two years of investigation. Deputy Commissioner National Security and Operation Support Ian Vaevaso on Wednesday said police have now been given the okay by the DPP to press charges against one of their officers who allegedly stole $300,000 exhibit…
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…
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…
THE Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF), fed by falsehood and misinformation on the security pact Solomon Islands signed with China, is repeating its call on Manasseh Sogavare to step down as Prime Minister. “The reasons for this call are based on the Preamble of the National Constitution which says Solomon Islands is owned by Solomon Islanders.…
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…
A total of 74 international arrival are still in quarantine and five have tested positive, announced the Health Minister, Dr Culwick Togamana in his nationwide address on 3rd May 2022. Dr Togamana said as part of Health’s ongoing response, a total of 74 international arrival are still in quarantine, all arrived from the recent flights…
PRIME MINISTER Manasseh Sogavare is in Kira Kira today [Wednesday] to officially open the first Buying Centre under a $13.5 million Revitalisation of the Commodities Exporting & Marketing Authority (CEMA) announced last year. Mr. Sogavare’s 10-member delegation, which flew out of Honiara this morning [Wednesday], consisted of all the MPs from Makira/Ulawa Province as well…
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…