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The Government has been urged to maintain food assistance to communities still struggling with food shortages more than four months after Tropical Cyclone Maila. Opposition leader Manasseh Sogavare said reports from Mondo and Lale communities on Ranongga Island showed that some families were still unable to produce enough food to…
Landowners of Gold Ridge today petitioned Prime Minister Matthew Wale on the proposed amendments to the Mineral Resources Bill 2025, insisting they need more time to consult. The Mineral Resources Bill 2025 was recently presented to parliament, but debate was deferred after Central Guadalcanal MP Peter Shanel Agovaka requested parliament…
Manasseh Sogavare has accepted “political responsibility” for financial and administrative shortcomings uncovered by a special audit into the 2023 Pacific Games. The Opposition leader, who was prime minister at that time, as well as the minister responsible for the Games, spoke out after the audit uncovered serious weaknesses in financial…
A new forest carbon policy project, RISE, has launched in Solomon Islands to support stronger policies, safeguards and community leadership in the country’s emerging carbon market. RISE stands for Rights, Integrity, Safeguards and Equity in carbon markets. The project aims to promote best-practice policies and regulations for community-owned forest carbon…
Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) is calling on the Government and relevant authorities to publicly account for what it says are serious financial management and procurement failures identified in the Auditor General’s special audit of spending for the 2023 Pacific Games. TSI Executive Officer Ruth Liloqula said the Pacific Games were…
Twenty-four former security guards dismissed nine years ago have finally secured justice, after the Trade Disputes Panel (TDP) ruled that their termination was unfair. The 24 were dismissed on the grounds of redundancy in February 2017 by Super Entertainment Centre Ltd, who employed them at that time. Super Entertainment Centre…
The Parliamentary Opposition has announced a new Shadow Ministerial Team, giving its MPs clear jobs to keep a close watch over Government ministries, decisions and public spending. Under the new setup, each Opposition MP will track the work of a government ministry examining laws and expenditure, listening to communities, and…
by Georgina Maka’a When Tony Laugwaro first arrived at Divine Word University (DWU) as a young ICT student, he was surrounded by strangers. Solomon Islanders met Papua New Guineans from different cultures, languages and islands. “At first, we were strangers,” he recalled. But that distance gradually disappeared. “Strangers became classmates,…
The Government today swore in three Permanent Secretaries to lead the Ministry of Finance and Treasury; Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services; and Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted by Acting Governor-General Sir Albert Rocky Palmer at Government House. The newly appointed Permanent Secretaries…
Tourism Solomons (TS) has appointed Andrew Nihopara as its new Chief Executive Officer, ending a more than five-year vacancy in the organisation’s top executive position. TS Board Chairman Tony Langston said Nihopara’s extensive regional experience, strategic leadership and strong profile across the Asia-Pacific tourism sector would be a major asset…
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