How Solomon Islands’ Donor-Funded Water Plant Became a Costly Failure
A major donor-funded water plant in the capital of Solomon Islands was supposed to fix a clean water crisis. But…
Category: Politics
Sogavare Unveils Ambitious 2025 Budget: A Blueprint for Resilience, Growth, and Unity
by Ronald Toito’ona Solomon Islands Finance Minister, Manasseh Sogavare has presented the 2025 Budget to Parliament mid-week, detailing a comprehensive…
Lilo Moves to Dethrone Manele with No-confidence Vote
by Georgina Maka’a After weeks of speculation, it’s now confirmed that Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele will face a no-confidence vote…
Leader of Independent questions gov’t over plans tofurther amend Constituent Assembly Ammendment
By Ednal Palmer PARLIAMENT adjourns to Wednesday this week to give time for the Public AccountsCommittee (PAC) and the Bills…
OUR Party Should Come Clean Over Mysterious Singapore Company: Wale
LEADER of the Opposition Matthew Wale has branded as shocking revelations that OUR Party President Jimson Tanangada and the son…
O.U.R. Party Figures Set Up China-Linked Overseas Company Months Before Election
KEY POINTS: by Gina Maka’a, Ofani Eremae, Charley Piringi, and Lamantha Lano Just two months before Solomon Islands went to…
MASI Defends Journalists: “Unfair to Target Media for Doing Their Job”
Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) President Ofani Eremae defended the country’s journalists, stating that they are fulfilling their responsibility by…
Opposition Leader Claims Government Grants $199M in Discretionary Exemptions in 2024
Hours after Finance minister Manasseh Sogavare called the media to explain why he granted duty exemptions to certain Chinese business…
Wale Slams Gov’t Over $29M Duty Exemption To Chinese Businessman
The Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale has slammed GNUT’s $29M tax exemption to Wan Chen Company Limited, calling it…
Wale Hits Out at Gov’t For Secretly Granting Duty Exemptions to Asians
LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale has questioned why discretionary exemptions have continued to be granted despite assurances by the Minister…