DEAR EDITOR, please publish my views on the recently reported comments by Hon Manasseh Sogavare regarding the MPs terminal grant in parliament. Reading Hon Manasseh Sogavare’s comments in Solomon Star edition 6998, one can’t help but feel aghast at how…
THE other day a next of kin was relaying his recent encounter with a Member of Parliament in a Honiara shop. The MP who shall remain nameless pulled out a cheque book and said to the next-of-kin, “bro look here.…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA YOUTH Ambassadors of the Republic of China (Taiwan) have shared few concepts on cleanliness with the national university of the country (SINU). During an open forum on Thursday last week, the students shared what they describe…
By Gary Hatigeva A legislation aimed to establish the Solomon Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA) Act and other related purposes, in the country has been passed by both the houses of Parliament. The Bill (Act) was passed after it went through…
By Alfred Sasako VOTER registration, particularly on Malaita, may have hit a snag over inadequate allowances with assistant voter registration officers threatening sit-in protest unless the Electoral Commission steps in to resolve the matter. The Electoral Commission is paying $150-a-day…
Plane skis to a U-turn at Taro airport, SolAir blames mechanical fault & bad runway BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Airlines is again under the spotlight as reports surface that a trip to Taro mid last month had ended up in…
By Gary Hatigeva WITH its passage in parliament last week, the government together with the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC), are working to have certain sections of the act enacted to be used in the upcoming 2019 National General Elections…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Matthew Varley has revealed during a press conference on Friday last week that the anti-corruption taskforce, JANUS, has made another arrest. He said that the suspect is from the Ministry of Agriculture and is alleged…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA VOTER Registration for the upcoming 2019 National General Election (NGE) starts today. This is according to the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) through via Telekom text messages yesterday for the whole country. SIEC strongly reminds that the…
By Gary Hatigeva THE Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) says awareness is a different form of activity compared to that of campaigning, whether it is the national or provincial elections, but warned that that campaigns must be done within the…
