By EDDIE OSIFELO The entitlements and benefits MPs are getting is believed to be a driving factor behind government’s proposal to extend parliament. This was stated in a recent survey by the Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI). Half of the 1,248…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MOST believe that China is remotely controlling the DCGA Executive Government since the switch. This is one of the hidden agendas Transparency Solomon Islands got from its survey in public and in street discussion. TSI said of…
By EDDIE OSIFELO One of the main influences behind government’s proposal to defer the 11th parliament is the fear by some MPs that they would not be re-elected next election. In the survey carried out by Transparency Solomon Islands, about…
Solomon Airlines has welcomed the news that mandatory quarantine requirements for inbound visitors will be reduced shortly, with a new international schedule effective from August 1, re-introducing regular flights between Solomon Islands and Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati, and connections…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI THE Provincial Vector Borne Disease Malaria office in Auki says they will soon begin distributing bed-nets (mosquito nets) to northern and eastern regions of the province. Officer in-charge, Mr John Susubi told this paper they are…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki GOSHEN Enterprise Company is optimistic of a successful taro industry in Malaita province and the country. Since the establishment of the company in 2019 under the Enhance Capacity for Agriculture Trade ECAT programme of the Ministry…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO The Health ministry (MHMS) says the country is still free of Monkey pox, adding that the risk is low. MHMS announced this in its media update yesterday on the ministry’s efforts to prepare for this disease.…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A 20-year-old man who stole on two separate occasions against different complainants at Kukum shopping area in east Honiara was sentenced to three years and five months yesterday by the court. Carlos Gao was found guilty of…
Survey claims they are behind intention to extend parliament By EDDIE OSIFELO LOGGERS and miners are believed to influence the DCGA Government to extend Parliament life from four to five years. About 46 percent of respondents strongly agreed in a…
—TSI Survey hits hard on Parliament extension plans By EDDIE OSIFELO A survey carried out by Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) found that majority of total respondents (83 percent) strongly disagreed with the proposed extension of Parliament from four to five…
