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by Dr Joseph D. Foukona, University of Hawaii On 13 March 2025, the High Court of Solomon Islands ruled that the dismissal of Daniel Suidani in 2023 as a provincial member of Ward 5, Baegu-West Fataleka in Malaita Province, was invalid. This case started following Rollen Seleso, the former Minister…
by Ednal Palmer WEST Honiara Member of Parliament Namson Tran has been cleared of election bribery allegations filed through an election petition after last April’s national General Elections. Solomon Islands High Court Judge and Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer struck out the election petition case today on the basis that the…
by Ben McKay of AAP Australia and other development partners are moving to cover gaps across the Pacific as the United States under Donald Trump retreats from foreign aid. Top of mind for Australia is gender equality and protecting reproductive rights, dealt a major blow through an early order from…
Pacific island workers in Australia under a working visa scheme will have to wait nine months longer for changes that would boost their wages. Workers from 10 countries can come to Australia and be employed across a range of sectors including agriculture and meat processing to fill labour gaps under…
Up to four cyclones could form in the Pacific this week, led by Rae, lashing Fiji as a category-two storm. A series of low-pressure systems – from the Coral Sea in the west through to the waters south of the Cook Islands in the east – will bring disruptive weather…
by Lesley Sanga in Malaita While people moved from rural areas into Honiara in large numbers in search of jobs and easy life, Joel Laedola took the opposite direction. Joel left his formal job in Honiara and traveled back to his home village of Kakara in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province…
by Charley Piringi None of the 69 workers of King Solomon Hotel will lose their job despite the official change of ownership from the Kennedy family to King Hotel and Resorts, today. The assurance was given during a handover ceremony held at the hotel, marking the official transfer of ownership…
Opposition leader Matthew Wale has expressed strong objections to the manner in which ADB and the government are managing the upgrade of the old Honiara international wharf. Originally agreed at SBD$240 million, the project cost has now skyrocketed to approximately SBD700 million, despite being seven years overdue with no construction…
Australian First Nations musician and artist Kuku-Yalanji man Mr Jeremy Donovan has concluded his visit to Solomon Islands. Over 9-days, he visited nine schools, five marketplaces, a church and a hospital across Central, Makira-Ulawa and Guadalcanal Provinces. An internationally famous Aboriginal musician and artist, Jeremy Donovan has performed all around…
by Georgina Maka’a Samoan Jerry Brunt flew out of the country this afternoon after submitting an affidavit to officials investigating the alleged rigging of last Saturday night’s Miss Pacific Islands Pageant results. Brunt, a lawyer and hotelier, and the man at the centre of the allegation, was refused departure on…
