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Wednesday, June 7th, 2017

 

No budget for this year election’s

PROVINCIAL Assembly elections for Western and Choiseul Provinces are supposed to be by the end of September however, there is no budget for this national provincial event. It is understood that the budget is supposed to come under the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) but according to the Choiseul Province Premier Hon Jackson Kiloe in checking this year’s budget, no budget is allocated at all. The Western and Choiseul Province Premiers Hon Wayne Maepioh and Hon Jackson Kiloe including the former Premier for Choiseul Clement Kengava wouldRead More


Reaction to the US President’s intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement

IN a press release today, Solomon Islands Prime Minister expresses his disappointment and dismay at the recent announcement by the President of the United States of America – Donald Trump on the intention of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. In his press release, the PM said, “To date 195 countries have signed the Paris Agreement and 146 have ratified it. Solomon Islands stands in solidarity with the international community in reaffirming its commitment to the agreement.” “Solomon Islands is located in a climate change hotspot where theRead More


Child labour high in Solomon Islands

NEARLY 62 percent of children aged five to 11 years old are involved in child labour in the country, a report into the 2015 Demographic and Health Survey (SIDHS 2015) has revealed. The report which was launched yesterday states that 2 percent of these children are engaged in paid and/or economic work; and most of these are girls in rural areas. “About 64 percent of girls aged five to 11 engage in one to more hours of work per week. Furthermore, 12 percent of children aged 12 to 14 areRead More


Opposition denounces involvement in reported move to oust PM

THE Official Opposition Group has strongly condemned being part of a purported plan to oust the Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare. This statement came as a response from the Opposition Office through the Leader Hon Jeremiah Manele’s Press Secretary Douglas Marau to Solomon Star’s front page yesterday. “The secret move to oust the Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare is still active and gaining momentum, a Member of Parliament (MP) has disclosed. “This was despite claims that things are settling down. “The move started a fortnight ago in a secret meetingRead More


ANZ bank Auki closes end of June

THE ANZ bank branch in Auki will close its services by the end of this month, June 2017. This was confirmed to this paper yesterday by ANZ Auki branch manager, Mr Robert Auwa. “The closure of our financial services is not what we have planned but it is a commercial decision from our head office in Melbourne Australia. “The bank will close some of their centres around the Pacific including Solomon Islands.” Auwa added, Auki branch is more likely to close its services by the end of this month regardlessRead More


Chief criticises engagement of ex-militants in guns collection

OUTSPOKEN Chief of Burns Creek community in east Honiara, John Seth Iromea has lashed out at the government for using former militants to collect firearms in the government’s gun amnesty which ends on June 9. Chief Iromea said Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare should disassociate himself from involving with ex-militants because they are the very people responsible for the civil crisis the country had gone through in the past. Island Sun understands that the first group of around 90 ex-combatants in groups of seven left under cover of darkness on Thursday lastRead More


$60M for ex-militants

Is the government locked in a $60 million rehabilitation deal with ex-militants?   THE Government may have backed itself into a corner in a $60 million rehabilitation settlement deal with ex-militants, it has emerged. This has emerged in the wake of internal moves reportedly engineered to oust Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare for “his poor and weak leadership” before the country was brought to its knees. The deal with ex-militants was allegedly put together by Father Patterson Ngalihesi in consultation with a senior official in the Prime Minister’s political Office, sources toldRead More