Politics
Nori refutes allegations of 1 million dollar offer
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA SPECULATION has arisen regarding an alleged offer of 1 million dollars to Member of Parliament for Maringe…
New schedule for Malaita premier’s election
BY SAMIE WAIKORI MALAITA provincial through office of the clerk to Malaita provincial assembly proposed May 8 to begin process…
PM ELECTION TODAY
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA ALL Members of Parliament (MP) will convene at the National Parliament to elect the country’s new Prime…
Former Mayor calls for calm ahead of PM election
The former Mayor of Honiara City Council (HCC) and Councilor-Elect for Rove/Lengakiki, Eddie Kasuteé Siapu has appealed to public and…
Sports
SI Netball Coach lauds Team’s performance
BY INDY MAEALASIA SOLOMON Islands Netball’s Coach is confident that her team has greatly improved despite suffering a heavy loss…
Solomon Islands Men’s Rugby 7s Team Ends Pacific Games Journey in Quarterfinals
By EDDIE OSIFELO The journey of Solomon Islands’ men’s rugby 7s team at the XVII Pacific Games came to a…
We lost our game, but still proud of our team efforts: Masaea
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA DESPITE the loss in in their final game against Tonga, Alex Masaea, a thirty-year-old player representing the…
ANOTHER PROBLEM
Security firms urges GOC to release upfront payment for mobilisation BY NED GAGAHE Several security firms contracted to provide their…
Letters
Violence as a Human Rights abuse
DEAR EDITOR, A worrying number of women in the Solomon Islands experience domestic violence. Statistics have shown almost 64% of…
Violation of Human Rights
Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen of this country, I strongly urge our government to recognize the rights of persons…
Chinese companies and domestic politics
AN OBSERVER THE row between the national government and the Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has degenerated to a level that…
VIEWPOINT- Virivolomo and his misconstrued facts
CELSUS TALIFILU Brisbane AVIATION Permanent Secretary Moses Virivolomo’s attempt to denounce what was said about his conduct in Auki…
Local News
Window of hope
AMA Medical students urged to seek help from their MPs By EDDIE OSIFELO GOVERNMENT-sponsored students of AMA University who…
Students starve overseas
Gov’t scholars in Philippines facing hell, education ministry ‘not aware’ BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO SOLOMON Islands students…
Govt to review marriage at 15 years old
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs through National Action Committee for Children (NACC) is pushing…
Birthday promise
National government assures Malaita province of continued support BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI THE national government has assured Malaita province…
Suri names provisional Solympics squad
By Taromane Martin NATIONAL U-23 Head Coach Batram Suri has released his provisional list of 23 players for the 2019…
Switch in diplomatic relations looking inevitable
By Alfred Sasako THE switch in diplomatic relations to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) potentially slated to occur…