BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands National University Student Association (SINUSA) will continue its second day of protests today. Students of both Kukum and Panatina campuses are expected to begin the rally at the Kukum campus. SINUSA President Mr Reginald…
By Gary Hatigeva FINANCE Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare has lashed out at the former Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Marovo, Snyder Rini over statements made about the Solomon Islands Democratic Coalition for Change Government (SIDCCG)…
By Alfred Sasako NEARLY half the funding in this year’s Development Budget has gone to the Ministry of Rural Development regarded by many as the conduit for political funding in rural areas, Budget papers have shown. The papers show that…
By Alfred Sasako FINANCE Minister Manasseh Sogavare has delivered his first and probably his last budget – a $4-billion outlay designed to demonstrate the “Government’s commitment to delivering on some of its most critical policy priorities for 2018”. In it,…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA STUDENTS of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) yesterday began their strike after two weeks of notice lapsed. During the strike notice talks were held between the SINU admin and the student body, but no agreement…
Printing error forces adjournment to sort out mixed copies of document By Gary Hatigeva PRINTING error forced parliament into adjournment yesterday. Everyone except the Prime Minister had a copy of the revised version of the budget document. Parliament was forced…
Billions of dollars robbed from SI economy through logging By Gary Hatigeva THE Solomon Islands economy is believed to have been robbed billions of dollars through exported logs under prefixed prices outside of international market tags. The government has been…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE renowned international NGO, the Doctors Without Borders is here in the country to raise funds. Mr Oscar Herrero is here on a two-week mission for the humanitarian cause of supporting the organisation which saves lives…
Gov’t accused of failing to advocate interests of Solomon Islanders over foreigners’ BY GARY HATIGEVA OPPORTUNITIES to access employment for a majority of Solomon Islanders is still an unsolved issue that now triggers major concerns as it is said to…
Decision on alleged illegal logging operation on Crown land By Gary Hatigeva THE Attorney General and his office has been tasked to look into the case of what was reported on the alleged illegal logging operation in the Komaridi land…
