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Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) is calling on Solomon Islanders to look beyond elections and take greater responsibility for strengthening the country’s democracy. TSI’s executive officer Ruth Liloqula said International Democracy Day on September 15 should be more than a ceremonial celebration and should instead prompt serious reflection on the health…
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has retracted a media statement attributed to Principal Education Officer of the Education Provider Support Unit, David Polosomana, published in the Island Sun newspaper concerning the Government’s Free Education Policy. In a statement, the ministry said the views attributed to Polosomana…
Former Member of Parliament and Speaker of the National Parliament, Sir Waetaben Tabusasi, has issued a strong challenge to the National Government, urging a total policy shift back toward state-managed services to revive the country’s infrastructure networks. Sir Ben is demanding the resurrection of the defunct Public Works Department (PWD)…
The first five students selected under the Solomon Islands Government’s 1,000 Students Per Year to China Initiative departed for China today to undertake vocational studies. Their departure marks the first step in the rollout of the Government-funded initiative established by Prime Minister Matthew Wale and the GREAT Coalition. The programme…
The Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC), in collaboration with the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) project team, convened Human Resource Managers from nine key government ministries and agencies on August 31 to prepare for the program’s third batch of scholarship nominations. A statement…
No confidence motion withdrawn, but experts say volatility could undermine PM Wale’s pivot to Canberra, Washington. by Charley Piringi Volatile domestic politics in the Solomon Islands has the potential to be the Achilles heel of U.S. and Australian security strategy in the Pacific, experts said, after Prime Minister Matthew Wale…
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has successfully removed and destroyed 467 Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) in an intensive operational sweep across Western and Choiseul Provinces. The operation safely neutralized remnants of World War II military munitions—including hand grenades, mortar rounds, projectiles, rockets,…
By Charley Piringi Peter Shanel Agovaka, the Member of Parliament for Central Guadalcanal and leader of the Independent Group, is calling for national unity. He warned that online campaigns pushing for regional groups threaten the peace and stability of the Solomon Islands. Speaking in Parliament, Agovaka criticized…
The Official Opposition is demanding answers from the Solomon Islands and Australian governments over communications it says appear to link proposed Australian financial assistance, aimed at influencing the outcome of Solomon Islands’ domestic political processes. The Opposition says the communications, if authentic and accurately understood, raise serious concerns about whether…
by Ednal Palmer Students at Gifu Primary School in the remote Barana highlands of Guadalcanal have welcomed a new water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facility, easing pressure on the school’s ageing and inadequate toilets. The facility, funded by the European Union through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and delivered…
