By EDDIE OSIFELO MEMBERS of Parliament need to listen to their people when deciding to defer the National General Elections from 2023 to 2024. Chairman of Transparency Solomon Islands, Frank Paulsen stated this following legal argument that Members of Parliament…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands is getting a positive message from the new Australian Labor government to help tackle climate change here and in the Pacific. Most countries in the Pacific including Solomon Islands are vulnerable to climate change like…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana has praised community leaders in Burnscreek, East Honiara for paving the way for a new medical facility. The Solomon International Assistance Force with support from Australian government and…
By EDDIE OSIFELO PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has assured Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong that there will be no China military presence or foreign military base in Solomon Islands. Mr Sogavare made this reassurance when he met with Australia’s foreign…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Jeremiah Manele is pushing for Solomon Islands to delay graduation from the Least Developing Countries in 2024. Manele did that at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12)…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE signing of a sister relationship between cities of Jiangmen and Honiara was the highlight of the visit by the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Solomon Islands recently. Chinese Ambassador to country, Li Ming stated this…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands and China have made multiple steps after the signing of their diplomatic ties in 2019. China Ambassador to the country, Li Ming highlighted this during the handing over of 100 solar street lights to Honiara…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SPECIAL Secretary to Prime Minister, Albert Kabui has hit back on Opposition paid advert on Island Sun on 10th June, describing it as “misleading”. The Opposition highlighted six deceptions of DCGA’s strategy to extend Parliament. First, the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands Infrastructure Programme (SIIP) is considering impacts of climate change as high priority in its design for projects. Tony Telford, infrastructure management leader in Hub confirmed this during the media breakfast event at Heritage Park Hotel…
By EDDIE OSIFELO People living around the development at Mamara New Capital City in North West Guadalcanal are concerned about its progress. According to Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration, the project would involve the construction of 1,000 to…