SI reassured of security by Australia
ACTING Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was paid a courtesy visit by the Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne at the Office of the Prime Minister...
Undersea cable project ‘forced down our throat’: senior official
By Alfred Sasako
THE multi-million dollar optic fibre undersea cable project linking Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands with Australia was “forced down our throat”,...
Maepioh ousted in election
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO
WESTERN province’s premier Wayne Maepioh has lost his provincial ward seat in Wednesday’s election.
Maepioh is currently the province’s caretaker premier.
He lost...
Fooling our donors
New scheme created to return government MPs next election
BY ALFRED SASAKO
FOREIGN governments and lending institutions long known for their opposition to fraud and abuse...
David and Goliath
Nende community celebrates victory over bauxite mining on their land
By Alfred Sasako
THEY are little known even in their own native Solomon Islands. But members...
