By Gary Hatigeva FORMER politician and former diplomat Patterson John Oti has been elected as the new Speaker to National Parliament of Solomon Islands. This was known after a tense voting process, which saw a total of 48 Members of…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MEMBER of Parliament for Aoke Langalanga, Matthew Wale encourages the Government to avoid political instability because it is not good for the people of Solomon Islands. Speaking at motion of special adjournment moved by Prime Minister Manasseh…
By Alfred Sasako VETERAN politician, Snyder Rini, has questioned why the head of the Prime Minister’s department was allowed to indulge openly in politics, when he has not even resigned as a public servant. Mr Rini was commenting on Dr…
Major changes introduced in effort to reduce devil’s night syndrome By CHARLES KADAMANA IN an effort to do away with the Devil’s Night before election day, major changes have been introduced in the new electoral Act. One of the…
DAP launches manifesto, vows to rid grass hopping politicians By Alfred Sasako CARETAKER Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela on Tuesday launched the Democratic Alliance Party (DAP) Manifesto, paving the way for other political parties to launch their party platforms for…
Governor General to announce national general elections date on February 5 By Charles KADAMANA and Alfred SASAKO THE Governor General is expected to announce the 2019 National General Elections date on February 5. This was confirmed by Chief Electoral…
PM Hou dismisses 2.7m for APEC PAC Chairman disapproves clarification BY JENNIFER KUSAPA and GEORGINA KEKEA PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has refuted the report made by the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Douglas Ete on the 2.7 million dollars…
SIG’s excess spending ignite issues of outstanding payment BY LYNTON AARON FILIA STUDENTS of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) are appealing the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) to pay their outstanding scholarship allowance. Yesterday, Chairman for the Public Account Committee…
Reintroduces existence status of Political Parties Integrity Commission By Gary Hatigeva THE Electoral Amendment Bill 2018 to set corrections on the oversight that resulted in the repealing of Part 2 in the Political Parties Integrity Act 2014, made a swift…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI MALAITA provincial government will draw its conclusion on reserve seats for women soon. Premier of Malaita province, Hon Peter Channel Ramohia said the Executive meeting currently underway, is discussing the reserve seat for women. Ramohia said…
