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Australia’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Rod Hilton is in Malaita to celebrate its Second Appointed Day and confirm Australia’s steadfast commitment to improving jobs, economic growth and infrastructure for Solomon Islands most populous province. Hilton was warmly welcomed back by Premier Elijah Asilaua and Members of the Malaitan Provincial…
A new cohort of Solomon Islanders have embarked on an internship program supported by the Australian Government to develop job skills and gain work experience through placements with local businesses and organisations. A total of 15 interns were welcomed into the program during a ceremony in Honiara on Thursday 18…
A person who engages in election campaign activities outside the campaign period commits an offence as specified in the Electoral Act 2018 section 124. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and Commissioner Jasper Highwood Anisi reminded all candidates, their supporters and the general public that campaigning period ends at midnight tonight, Monday…
By Ronald Toito’ona OUR Party is looking forward to leading the country again after the April 17 national elections, care-taker Deputy Prime Minister, and former MP for East Malaita, Manasseh Maelanga says. Maelanga stated this at the launch of the OUR Party manifesto in Honiara, yesterday. “OUR Party is your party,” he told supporters at…
By Chan Chee Min Managing Director Orion Limited In continuation of my previous articles highlighting the unconstitutionality of Legal Notice 114 of 2007, this piece focuses on how it serves as a platform for organized crime, with the Ministry of Forestry and Research (MOFR) and the Attorney General (AGC) allegedly…
A visiting delegation from China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) met Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara today, reassuring him China stands ready to help. Duan Chunhua, who is both a member of the standing committee of the NPC and the vice chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, led…
By Dung Doan, Matthew Doman & Ryan Edwards There has been much discussion about how the rapidly expanding labour mobility programs in Australia and New Zealand have affected lives in the Pacific. Many have pointed to the significant economic benefits to Pacific islanders, such as being able to earn much more abroad than…
In Paraguay in 2015, in his meeting with Paraguay’s civil society, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church described corruption as the “gangrene of a people”. He denounced corruption and highlighted that corruption persists in many parts of the world. Pope Francis also highlights that wealth creation should not be…
By STEPHEN HOWES and EVIE SHARMAN After months of uncertainty, yesterday the legislation required to implement the Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) passed through the Australian Senate, with the Greens and other crossbenchers providing the numbers the government needed in the face of opposition from the Coalition. On Monday, the Greens…
By Sinclair Dinnen and Lincy Pedeverana It’s been ten years since the publication of the Justice Delivered Locally (JDL) in Solomon Islands research, documenting justice experiences in rural communities across five of the country’s nine provinces. A lot has changed in the intervening decade, including the ending of the 14-year-long RAMSI (Regional…
