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…
By EDDIE OSIFELO The threat of sea level rise on the sea coasts of Solomon Islands is real. The country lies east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and 3,280 km to Australia, has nine big provinces and…
By EDDIE OSIFELO CLIMATE change is changing the social fabrics of the tiny atolls of Malaita Outer Islands in Solomon Islands. The small community which practised communal system, starting to see it eroding because of the changing calamities that affects…
By EDDIE OSIFELO RENNELL and Bellona Provincial government will find it easy to deliver its services on land transportation on the island. This was after Ministry of Infrastructure Development donated a new brand hilux to the province in Honiara yesterday.…
Churches maintain opposition to gov’t plans to extend parliament By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands Christian Association (SICA) still maintain its stand in opposing the government’s proposal to extend the life of parliament from four to five years. This came in…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands government has asked Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong on the quota in the 3000 permanent visa for Pacific Islands countries. However, the Australian Labour government is still to finalise the arrangement for the permanent visa.…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Health and Medical Services, Dr Culwick Togamana has praised Australia for donating 200,000 doses of paediatric covid 19 vaccines for children from ages 5 to 11 years. Dr Togamana made this acknowledgement when the Australian…
By EDDIE OSIFELO STUDENTS in Solomon Islands are encouraged to study hard in their education. Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong made this encouragement when she visited King George Six school during her one-day visit to Honiara on 17th June. “I…
By EDDIE OSIFELO TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands has rejected the reasons given by the Government as basis for its decision to defer the National General Elections to 2024. Secretary to Prime Minister, Dr Jimmy Rodgers and other officials in the Prime…