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Monday, September 25, 2023

Gender gap in life expectancy narrows: Census Report

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE recently launched 2019 census...

Man arrested for common assault

BY ROMINAH FAKA Defendant Trevor Molea appeared in...

Chief of Sulukokolo Land Calls for Cancellation of Logging License

By EDDIE OSIFELO Chief John Marawa of Sulukokolo...

Why the delay, police?

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BY JENNIFER KUSAPA MEMBERS of the public are raising concern over the delay of police investigation into the missing one-link 300k exhibition money. A resident George Lei said he supports call made by Transparency Solomon Islands...

VIEWPOINT- Service delivery worthy of public acknowledgement

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IT’S not often that public servants get acknowledged for services they provide every day for the benefit of Solomon Islanders.  They work under stressful conditions, often struggling with equipment that don’t work.  And, they get paid...

VIEWPOINT-PM’s visit to Tikopia

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A grateful community say thank you…. PETER FORAU Honiara MANY people would not leap for joy when the Prime Minister makes a visit to their island but for us, the people of Tikopia, the Prime Minister’s latest...

DEO HITS BACK AGAIN

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Allegations lacked substance and reason By EDDIE OSIFELO EMBATTLED foreign consultant Dr Deogratias Harorimana has dismissed allegations levelled against his company AIPF SI Ltd in recent days. Some clients who had sought assistance from Harorimana (Deo) to...

VIEWPOINT- Isabel wants anti-corruption office

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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...

VIEWPOINT- Mamara Estate Development

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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...

Chinese companies and domestic politics

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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...

The dilapidated state of Honiara

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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...

VIEWPOINT- Virivolomo and his misconstrued facts

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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...

A global turning point

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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...