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PM defuses internal row over chief of staff appointment – Djokovic or Usuramo, new post created By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Ricky Hou has used his management skills in defusing an internal row which has the potential to tear his…
PM defuses internal row over chief of staff appointment – Djokovic or Usuramo, new post created By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Ricky Hou has used his management skills in defusing an internal row which has the potential to tear his…
PM’S LEADERSHIP STANCE ON WEST PAPUA, CHINA TO BE PUT UNDER THE TEST By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Ricky Hou’s leadership ability will be put to the test when Caucus and Cabinet meet to look at policy priority issues the…
FOURTEEN ministers took their Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office yesterday at the Government House. They are: Manasseh Sogavare MP as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Treasury; John Maneniaru MP as the Minister of Fisheries…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE newly elected Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Small Malaita Hon Rick Hou assures the country’s development partners that his administration is ready to re-engage and work together in advancing the interest of the country.…
By PRIESTLEY HABRU In Bonn, Germany SOLOMON Islands head of delegation to the Conference of Parties (COP23) of the United Nations United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (UNFCCC) Dr Melchior Mataki has highlighted the need to separate Disaster Risk Reduction…
By Alfred Sasako FORMER Governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands, Rick Houenipwela, was yesterday voted in as the nation’s 17th Prime Minister in a race which kept pundits guessing until the result was announced. His election was greeted…
HONOURABLE Rick Hou was voted in as the new Prime Minister-elect during this morning’s election at the National Parliament House in Honiara. The Member of Parliament for Small Malaita polled in a total of 33 votes ahead of rival and…
BY ALFRED SASAKO A few more details has emerged about Sunday’s reconciliation between caretaker Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and the MPs who deserted him and the DCC camp earlier this month. The walkout resulted in a successful no confidence…
A day before election PM candidate bites back on partner, ‘DCCG was never stable’ BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA MEMBER of Parliament for Small Malaita Hon Rick Hou has dumped the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) in the shadows, saying it…
–Former DCCG MPs reconcile with Sogavare By Alfred Sasako AS the election-day for a new Prime Minister edges closer, a new twist has emerged, throwing an already confused situation into further tailspin. Amidst reports of MPs moving from…