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Re: All are held responsible to the development of Rugby in SI

Dear Editor - The call from the President of the HRUA in light of the Rugby saga that was currently hit up in Honiara and discussed in other media platforms is highly commended and worth taken note of.

Publishing of ESP recipients curtail corruption

Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) acknowledges on day one that at times like this Covid-19 pandemic, emergency powers are needed pointing out at the same time that these must have a clear deadline and limited scope.

Cuban medical graduates

Dear Editor - On the front page of Solomon Star Issue No.7638 (Mon 28th Sept 2020) the Prime Minister reportedly spoke warmly about the more than 80 of our students who have so far graduated from Cuban medical schools.

June 2020, PNG students holding ‘Thank You’ posters for their Prime Minister. The PNG Prime Minister used his Emergency Powers and sent many government funded flights to collect his citizens from Philippines – Manila lockdown did not stop PNG doing the right thing for their students.

Our students in Philippines

I spent some of yesterday (Wednesday) with the families of the students stuck in Philippines.Their stories are heart-breaking and it was very distressing seeing the pain in the faces of the families.

Malaita’s response to joint statement

By Daniel Suidani
Malaita Premier

SPM Dr. Jimmy Rodgers (L) and PM Manasseh Sogavare (R).

TSI: SPM AND PM MISINFORMED THE PEOPLE OF SOLOMON ISLANDS

The citizens of Solomon Islands and those who call Solomon Islands a home should be gravely concerned about the way in which the Secretary to Prime Minister (SPM) Dr. Jimmy Rogers and the Prime Minister (PM) misled the public about the justifications about the trip to China. They said it is to repatriate Solomon indigenous people and that it is their Constitutional rights etc. when in fact the majority of those arrived were Chinese nationals. The very small number of indigenous people on that flight are being used to bring in foreigners.

TSI Urges the Attorney General Mr. John Muria to Recuse in Djokovic’s Case

Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) commends and strongly supports the call by the Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition group Hon. Matthew Wale, public and social media for the Attorney General (AG) Mr. John Muria Jnr to remove himself from dealing with Robson Djokovic’s case.

Democracy, SOE and oligarchy

In Search of Responsive, Responsible, Transparent and Accountable Leadership – COVID 19 Misuse and Abuse of Entrusted Power under SOE

Erin McKee, U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

How Strong Democratic Values Help Defeat a Pandemic  

If ever the world needed a reminder of the critical importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is it.  The coronavirus knows nothing of national boundaries, race, religion, nationality, or politics.  We are at risk simply because we are human. But we can – and we will – defeat this virus using the strengths that respect for human rights gives us.   

THE INTEPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD

Transparency Solomon Islands supports the measures put in place to keep COVID 19 from entering the country. For this to be successful everyone coming into the country for whatever reason and in whatever mode be it plane or ship, boat, big or small, the law must be applied and complied by all.

Ships operators and captain

DEAR EDITOR – As a student and a concerned citizen of Solomon Islands, I urge that all shipping operators must comply with the Maritime safety laws of the country.