One week gamble
Motion to oust PM Sogavare set for Monday Nov 6, gov’t rules with minority BY JARED KOLI EMBATTLED Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will face a Motion of no Confidence – to be introduce in Parliament Monday next week. The National…
Motion to oust PM Sogavare set for Monday Nov 6, gov’t rules with minority BY JARED KOLI EMBATTLED Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will face a Motion of no Confidence – to be introduce in Parliament Monday next week. The National…
BY JARED KOLI PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has stated that some of the nine Ministers who resigned from his government were responsible for undermining the progress of the Anti-Corruption Bill (ACB). In a statement yesterday, the Prime Minister’s Office…
BY BEN BILUA ONE of the nine Government Ministers who resigned over the weekend penned his intentions while on a government sanctioned trip overseas. Reports reaching this paper states that Hon Moffat Fugui who appeared in the media yesterday as…
By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare, the nation’s only politician who has held the post three times, could face the inevitable when Parliament resumes this morning. Reports suggest the DCC government has lost up to 21 MPs including…
BY ALFRED SASAKO TAIWAN President Tsai Ing-wen will address Parliament next Thursday, informed sources told Island Sun yesterday. The President, accompanied by a 109-strong entourage, flies into Honiara on Wednesday night, using three aircrafts. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was said…
Silence from Electoral office, home affairs ministry waiting, ward 12 residents still waiting BY SAMIE WAIKORI THERE is still no sign of any progress towards having a by-election for Panatina ward. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) yesterday admitted that…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group has strongly condemned a letter published in the media written by the Prime Minister to an Indonesian company. The media last week released a letter written by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to controversial Indonesian Company, Bintan…
THE Prime Minister’s office has ridiculed claims by veteran journalist Alfred Sasako on exorbitant entitlements of the special secretary to the PM and the PMO chief of staff. And has called on the media association MASI to seriously ensure “journalists…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has dubbed Solomon Islands diplomatic relationship with The Republic of China (Taiwan) as consistent and trustworthy. Sogavare made the statement during Taiwan’s double ten celebration at the Mendana Hotel on Tuesday marking their…
Government requests more time to sort ‘more bills’, promise of ACB-return still stands BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has been allocated time during Parliament’s period of special adjournment to sort out more…