EDITORIAL- Time to pursue long-term solutions
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
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
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...
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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
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!
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
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
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
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!
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...