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By Georgina Maka’a In a first of its kind, stakeholders celebrated the recent passage of the Education Act 2023 today with a parade and an official event at the Pacific Crown Hotel in Honiara. Led by the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD), the new bill has been…
SOLOMONS Opposition leader Matthew Wale has called on the Minister of Lands & HousingIshmael Avui to apologise and resign from his portfolio. Failing which, Wale says, the Prime Minister should immediately remove Avui from Cabinet. The call comes after In-depth Solomons exposed Avui’s threat to slap the Commissioner of Lands,…
By Georgina Maka’a & Ofani Eremae LANDS minister Ishmael Avui recently threatened to “slap” the Commissioner of Lands Alan McNeil, documents and audio recordings In-depth Solomons has obtained revealed. The flare-up was over government land and a house in the Lengakiki area, west Honiara, that Avui wanted to be given…
The imprisonment of a prominent Fijian businessman on drug charges is just one sign of the Pacific island country’s increasing role as an international trafficking hub. By Aubrey Belford, Stevan Dojcinovic, Jared Savage, & Kelvin Anthony Key Points: Until recently, Aiyaz Mohammed Musa Umarji was — in public at…
SOLOMONs Opposition leader Matthew Wale has raised concerns over clause 79(1)(a) of the new Education Bill, which parliament passed this week. Clause 79(1)(a), in essence, provides for the termination of teachers on the grounds of mental or physical incapacity. Wale said clause 79(1)(a) could sideline even some of the world’s…
SOLOMONS Opposition leader Matthew Wale has criticized the Government’s decision to fund a trip to Israel, describing it as “unwise”. Up to 79 Christians left on the trip last Friday to attend a religious event in Israel and MP for Lau/Mbaelelea in Malaita, Augustine Auga, told a local newspaper he…
LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale says the National Hosting Authority’s (NHA) ignorance shows there are weak internal control measures that are vulnerable to gross abuse. Wale said the fact that contracts like the toilet paper supplier have been inflated and later reduced as a result of public pressure raises serious…
By Georgina Maka’a Members of the public are urged to come forward with information or evidence they may have on alleged corrupt dealings within the bodies tasked to prepare the nation to host next month’s Pacific Games in Honiara. Chair of the National Hosting Authority (NHA), Dr. Jimmie Rodgers, made…
By OFANI EREMAE Last time, it started off as a rumour. That Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his government are going to extend the life of parliament. When the Opposition questioned the Government on that rumour in parliament in April 2021, they denied having any knowledge of that. But that…
POLICE in Western Province rescued an overloaded ray boat with 16 people on board in the waters between provincial Gizo, Ranonga island, and Vella la Vella last week. Those rescued include 10 adults and six children. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau said his officers sighted the boat floating off the island of Liapari when returning…
