By EDDIE OSIFELO FORMER Prime Minister, Rick Hou urges the government to take drastic policy actions to address what he described as the “slippery uphill climb in the economy”. Speaking at the sine die motion in Parliament last Wednesday, Mr…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Education and Human Resources, Lanelle Tanangada used her motion of sine die speech in parliament to defend “women in politics”. This was after Solomon Star has published an article on Tuesday, November 24 by Alfred…
By EDDIE OSIFELO PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has lashed out at Opposition Leader, Matthew Wale for attacking the government on its roles, governance and decisions made on a number of national issues. Some of the issues related to suspension of…
Minister clarifies funds for the province By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening, Rollen Seleso has denied “misconceptions” that Malaita has missed out national government funding. He clarified this after Opposition Leader Mathew Wale told the Malaita…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced the Government’s five objectives under its policy redirection to sustain and grow an inclusive broad-based economy. According to the Prime Minister, this will be achieved through efficient management, utilisation and protection of the country’s…
Extending SoPE is not the only answer: Wale LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale says the government has to accept that covid-19 is going to be here for a while, and the country needs to adjust to it and return to…
THE Leader of Opposition, Matthew Wale, has called on the Permanent Secretary of Finance to state when he will publish the list of Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) beneficiaries. In a media statement last week, responding to PS Finance’s statements during…
By EDDIE OSIFELO COUNTING for Central Honiara and North East Guadalcanal by elections will start around 10am today at Police Conference room, Rove. Both constituencies have completed free and fair elections yesterday. Central Honiara Returning Officer Atu Balakana said there…
Constitution: PM By EDDIE OSIFELO WORK on the long awaited draft Federal Constitution has come to a standstill because of the coronavirus pandemic that prevents an expert from Commonwealth Secretariat from making an economic analysis on it. Prime Minister Manasseh…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) will not table the 2021 National budget when Parliament resumes on Monday, November 9. This is not possible because the government is heavily focused on the coronavirus pandemic in the…
