But would love to wear the famous blue, yellow and green jersey in December’s Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu for the one last time before bidding farewell BY ROMULUS HUTA NATIONAL football captain Henry Fa’arodo is thinking of retiring from…
BLC labels this a regrettable decision & serious omission BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA PROVISIONS against illicit gains have been removed from the Anti-Corruption Bill 2016, and this has been described by the Bills and Legislations Committee (BLC) as a regrettable and…
By Alfred Sasako A week or so ago, the Solomon Forest Association (SFA) came in for severe criticisms by the Leader of the Independent Group in Parliament, Dr Derek Sikua, who called for the deregistration of the logging industry’s self-regulatory body. That was a week ago. This…
Dear Editor, IN today’s edition of the SUN newspaper, former politician and veteran journalist, Alfred Sasako, wrote an article about JANUS having obtained 8 arrest warrants in order to pursue those alleged to have been involved in corrupt dealings. In…
BY ROMULUS HUTA NATIONAL female weightlifter Jenlyn Wini had won a gold medal in the Commonwealth and the Oceania Weightlifting Championships currently underway in Gold Coast, Australia. Wini snatched gold in the women’s 58kg category to claim both the…
Treasury records $20 million weekly revenue collection shortfall on September 1 By Alfred Sasako GOVERNMENT Treasury recorded a $20 million shortfall in its weekly revenue collection on September 1. As a result, government cheques made out to pay…
SOLOMON Islands National University signed a new contract yesterday with Our Telekom, which would increase the University’s telecommunications system. The event convened SINU’s Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Basil Marasinghe and Our Telekom CEO, Mr Loyley Ngira, and staffs of both organisations. Our Telekom will supply and install an Internet…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE Report on the Anticorruption Bill clearly states that the oversight model proposed in the Bill may not be the best to combat corruption in Solomon Islands. According to the Report, the Committee believed the Bill was…
By Alfred Sasako UP to 20 people claiming to represent the Lavukal people are expected to arrive in Honiara today, but the trip was last night described as “one without mandate and purpose”. “They do not represent the people…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA MEMBERS of the Official Opposition say the statement by the Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare about their bloc having double standards on the Anticorruption Bill’s withdrawal was an uncalled for statement. The Opposition made the statement in…