By EDDIE OSIFELO ABOUT 2,200 individuals have received multiple possible passports from the Immigration Department in the Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration. The Office of the Auditor General Office found this in its Special Investigation Audit Report into…
By EDDIE OSIFELO COMMISSIONER of Lands, Alan McNeil has given a one-month notice for the resumption of land for public purposes to two owners at Ranadi, east Honiara. Hong Jun Zhang and Malaysian logging company, Excellent Resources Management Limited held…
By EDDIE OSIFELO LOCAL tourism operators in the country were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic when Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare declared a State of Public Emergency in March 2020. Their businesses which heavily relied on visitors came to a…
By EDDIE OSIFELO GOVERNOR General Sir David Vunagi has encouraged and reminded ministers of the Crown to discharge their constitutional mandate with integrity and statesmanship. Delivering his Speech from the Throne in Parliament yesterday, Sir David said “the future of…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MALAITA Provincial Secretary Fredrick Fa’abasua is challenging his suspension. The province said Fa’asubua will initiate legal proceeding unless the Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Public Service, Nego Sisiolo “withdraws the unlawful suspension on him”. Premier Daniel Suidani…
By EDDIE OSIFELO FORMER Special Secretary to Prime Minister (SSPM), Andrew Muaki has questioned the integrity of some political appointees in the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMO) after they defended Chief of Staff Robson Djokovic. This is after…
By EDDIE OSIFELO WORK is expected to resume on the multi-million-dollar hotel, opposite the Iron Bottom Sound, Rove seafront, west Honiara. This was despite the Physical Planning Division in the Honiara City Council issuing a “stop notice” to the developer…
-HCC sells land using false documents to foreign logger -DISPUTED – HCC meeting minutes given to Lands commissioner By EDDIE OSIFELO TWO city council executives have denied the Honiara City Council (HCC) conducted a meeting on October 29, 2020 to…
BY EDDIE OSIFELO A GROUP of concerned forest resource owners from Shortlands and Choiseul is making an appeal to the Governor General Sir David Vunagi. They kindly asked Sir David to inquire into the allegations of collusion between the Solomon…
By EDDIE OSIFELO A HONIARA resident, John Langi calls on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to order an audit investigation into the incomplete Kukum market in East Honiara. This was after a construction company believed to be owned by one of…