THE piece of legislation intended to govern the conduct of elections in Solomon Islands is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to this country. It was gazetted last week. But the weaknesses in the Electoral Act 2018 are beginning…
THE lengthy process for the long-awaited event which occurs only once every four years has begun. Officials engaged by the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission are scattered right across the nation’s length and breathe recording names of young people who will…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands welcomes the Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s comment on our call for the grant to be taxed. We also acknowledge that he has the right to close his ears to the likes of Transparency Solomon Islands. Transparency…
THE other day a next of kin was relaying his recent encounter with a Member of Parliament in a Honiara shop. The MP who shall remain nameless pulled out a cheque book and said to the next-of-kin, “bro look here.…
THE Western Melanesian countries of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (PNG) are both poor and poorly governed. Anyone who has spent any time in either country will have seen how governance woes contribute to the countries’ poverty. Their governments…
By Derek Mane DESPITEa the arguments and debates on the type of development approach to adopt, Solomon Islands continue to implement the SAPs (Structural Adjustment Programmes) policies influenced by the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. Although in some…
MANAGING Director of Fairtrade Company Limited responds to the headline in the Island Sun on Monday titled “snake in the grass” by Alfred Sasako. He says firstly that Mr Sasako should seek legal advice and his facts straight before writing…
IT is hard to know what other institutions are suffering – in silence – as a result of government neglect. There seems to be smoke everywhere, particularly within the public sector. In the past few weeks, the nation woke up…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands commends Warren Paia’s view on the ill conceived Traditional Governance Bill 2018. Paia’s view on the bill aligns with concerns TSI raised in its various articles published in the media. More importantly he raises a very important…
By Derek Smiles Mane IN the Pacific region, particularly in the Solomon Islands, the wantok system is seen as an informal social network that households or individuals employ to access much needed resources, government services, favours, or job and educational…
