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The Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) says it has written to Prime Minister Matthew Wale, asking him to withdraw the Mineral Resources Bill 2025. BLC Chairman Jamie Vokia revealed this yesterday when Gold Ridge landowners presented a petition to his committee at Parliament House. The landowners, who host the country’s…
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…
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…
by Michael E. Miller (OCCRP) and Carmel N. Pilotti (OCCRP) A Pacific island’s president bypassed an official selection process when he chose an Indian company to reopen a multi-billion dollar mine. He told OCCRP the firm’s managing director offered to pay for his wife’s kidney transplant but insisted it had…
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…
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…
By Ofani Eremae The National Hosting Authority (NHA) created a special procurement system to speed up the delivery of the 2023 Pacific Games, documents show. These emerged after outgoing Auditor General David Teika Dennis released on Saturday a special audit his office did on the 2023 Pacific Games. But the…
By Ofani Eremae In a landmark ruling, the High Court has declared that the National Hosting Authority (NHA) acted unlawfully and without legal authority in spending public funds for the 2023 Pacific Games held in Honiara. While the two-week spectacle was hailed as the best and largest event in South…
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