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Saturday, June 10, 2023

Millions of dollars untapped in Northwest Guadalcanal beaches

BY NED GAGAHE Northwest Guadalcanal beaches are an...

MASI lauds SI journos dominating regional climate change story awards

BY IRWIN ANGIKI Solomon Islands journalists have won...

Preferred supplier system – one of government’s wallet-holes

BY IRWIN ANGIKI Government’s preferred supplier system is...

EDITORIAL- Time to pursue long-term solutions

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FOUR bus stops in central Honiara have been closed for use as of yesterday. The closure will be for an indefinite period of time. The decision came from a joint meeting held in Honiara last week,...

EDITORIAL- A project worthy of our unwavering support

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WORK on the multimillion dollars Pacific Games stadium official started yesterday. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who was instrumental in bringing the Games here during the bidding process in 2016, was at hand yesterday to officiate...

EDITORIAL- Time to get the stadium project done

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WORK on the main stadium for the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara will start soon. Funders, the Peoples Republic of China, announced this week the contractor has been identified. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has...

NO GRANT FOR YOU

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Gov’t asks Malaita to forgo $ 6.5 million funding BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI THE National government has asked the Malaita Provincial Government to forgo portion of the service grant and Provincial Capacity Development Fund totaling up to...

Passport mess

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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...

EDITORIAL- May the best candidates win!

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VOTERS in South Choiseul will return to the polls today to elect their new Member of Parliament. This by-election becomes necessary after Robertson Galokale, who was elected in the 2019 elections, lost the seat last...

Dependency must stop

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GOVERNMENT really needs to pull up its socks if it wants to get this country out of this mess of dependency. We have a government that rely on aid, we have a nation and citizens...

EDITORIAL- Time to focus on our hospitals

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HEALTH authorities finally come out yesterday to admit the crisis situation at the National Referral Hospital (NRH). No sick person deserves to be treated on the floor of a national hospital, let alone lying helplessly...

We need a collaborative standpoint on climate change

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CLIMATE change will be dominating the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Funafuti this week. It is a fitting venue for climate change to be discussed right on the doorsteps of people suffering from its...

EDITORIAL- Time to challenge the CDF!

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MALAITA Premier Daniel Suidani is seeking a judicial review of the constitutionality of the controversial Constituency Development Fund (CDF). He expressed his Government’s intention, Monday. Suidani said the national constitution provides for three arms of the...