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By Ednal Palmer The GREAT Coalition has confirmed 54 political appointees, with a further four appointments reportedly made but yet to be formally signed, potentially bringing the total to 58. The development has renewed scrutiny over the size of the Government’s political appointment system and its cost to taxpayers. Based…
Member of Parliament for the Shortland Islands Constituency, Isikeli Vave Jnr, has joined the GREAT Coalition Government. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Press Secretariat confirms that Prime Minister Matthew Wale, along with Member of Parliament for Marovo Constituency, Chachabule Amoi, today welcomed Vave into the GREAT…
By Georgina Maka’a The suspension of former Commissioner of Lands Alan McNeil in November 2025 is unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled. Justice Augustine Aulanga also found that the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service Luke Cheka failed to follow mandatory disciplinary procedures before removing McNeil from…
Prime Minister Matthew Wale says the Government has taken steps to strengthen fiscal discipline and stop long-standing leakages in public finances. In his closing remarks in response to the Speech from the Throne yesterday, the Prime Minister said Government is actively closing gaps that have allowed revenue to “quietly haemorrhage”…
The GREAT Coalition says it will deliver a new official residence for the prime minister before the nation celebrates its 50th independence anniversary in 2028. Minister for Infrastructure Development Ricky Fuo’o told Parliament that work on the long-awaited national project has entered the design phase, with the Government targeting completion…
Guadalcanal Province says it has accepted Prime Minister Matthew Wale’s “unreserved apology” for not attending the province’s 42nd Second Appointed Day celebrations. Wale offered the apology in parliament yesterday. “On behalf of the people of Guadalcanal, I accept the Prime Minister’s apology and his reason for not attending,”…
By Georgina Maka’a Prime Minister Matthew Wale has offered an unreserved apology to the people of Guadalcanal for failing to attend the province’s 42nd Second Appointed Day celebrations on Monday in Honiara. And he acknowledged that he had misjudged the depth of feeling surrounding his absence. The apology, delivered on…
By Georgina Maka’a Opposition Leader Manasseh Sogavare has put the Government on notice, declaring it will be judged not by the promises in the Speech from the Throne but by its ability to deliver. Closing his response in Parliament yesterday to the Speech from the throne, Sogavare embraced the national…
By Georgina Maka’a Opposition Leader Manasseh Sogavare has launched a scathing attack on the Government’s proposed Fee-Free Education policy, saying it raises more questions than it answers. Speaking in Parliament yesterday in response to the Speech from the Throne, Sogavare said the Government had committed itself to fee-free education without…
Prime Minister Matthew Wale has invited the Opposition and the Independent Group to support national reforms and help deliver the change Solomon Islanders have long demanded. And he stated MPs were not elected to protect the old system but to transform it. Addressing Parliament yesterday, Wale called on lawmakers across…
