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TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) commends the wish of the Premier of Isabel Province Leslie Kikolo to have an anti-corruption office set up in his province once the establishment of SIICAC rolls out to the...

PETER FORAU Honiara I have been drawn to the public discourse on the Mamara Estate Development out of shame and my desire to diffuse some of squally allegations that have been made against the project where...

AN OBSERVER THE row between the national government and the Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has degenerated to a level that is politically unhealthy and could have an adverse impact on infrastructure developments on Malaita. There is...

Is it too late to modernize our capital city? PETER FORAU Honiara IT is not an exaggeration to say that the state of debilitation facing Honiara reflects the state of poor governance at the HCC.  It will be...

CELSUS TALIFILU Brisbane   AVIATION Permanent Secretary Moses Virivolomo’s attempt to denounce what was said about his conduct in Auki is a desperate attempt to misconstrue real facts that were supplied to the premier from his executive...

JUTTA URPILAINENCommissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission PROFESSOR ROBERT DUSSEY Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Togolese Abroad AFTER two-and-a-half years of intense negotiations, a successor to the Cotonou Agreement is in sight. On 15 April, we...

WILLIAM BARILE Former CEO, SIPA IN the interest of fair press, I take liberty to update readers to the early history of toils and sweat that preceded the most recent glamour and fanfare of CEO of...

PETER FORAU Honiara A LOT has been said about the HCC saga, so let’s now urge the authorities to act appropriately, to bring normalcy to the situation.  It would seem, judging from the reactions in the social...

TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) commends the Commissioner of Lands (CoL) Mr.Alan McNeil for reporting the forgery allegation to police and refusing to grant the Fixed Term Estate (FTE) to Chengs Constructions Ltd. The allegation ...

Corrupt conduct & practice - HCC Lock Up shops BASED on the evidence per HCC special audit report Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) calls on the Minister responsible to dissolve the current Honiara City Council (HCC)...