HONIARA, 05 MARCH 2020 (SOLOMON STAR) — Head of the Chinese Embassy Taskforce in Solomon Islands Yao Ming wants the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) to ease the travel restriction to allow their diplomat officials to travel to the Solomon Islands. The travel ban was placed in early February 2020 after the coronavirus (2019-nCov) outbreak in […]
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Solomon Islands Government reject US$100 billion loan deal report
HONIARA, 27 FEBRUARY 2020 (SOLOMON STAR) —Solomon Islands Ministry of Finance and Treasury has rejected media reports linked to the US$100 billion financing introduced by the promoter of the financing proposal Terry Wong. In an issued statement on Wednesday, the Ministry said what has transpired and the intention of the correspondences between Harry Kuma and […]
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Solomon Islands seeks $100 billion loan from Chinese interests-documents
HONIARA, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 (REUTERS) — The government of the Solomon Islands is seeking a US$100 billion loan from Chinese interests in negotiations that started shortly after the small South Pacific archipelago switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing last year. Details of the proposal, reviewed by Reuters, have sparked concern over whether the small […]
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Solomon Islands eternal debt trap
AUKI,24 FEBRUARY 2020 (SOLOMON STAR) —The Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani has labeled the proposed USD$100 billion (SBD$800b) loan from a private Chinese source as an ‘eternal debt trap’ for the Solomon Islands. Premier Suidani after viewing the documents released by local media last week shared his grave concern about the proposed deal. This was […]
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Two Solomon Islands MPs lose seats in Parliament
HONIARA, 17 FEBRUARY 2020 (SOLOMON STAR) — Central Honiara MP John Moffat Fugui and Northeast Guadalcanal MP Jamie Vokia on Friday lost their seats in two dramatic Solomon Islands High Court election petition rulings. This was after two High Court judges found them both guilty of bribery. Justice Rex Faukona found Fugui guilty of one […]
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8 dead, 4 survived, Bougainvilleans rescued after drifting for 32 days at sea
HONIARA, 10 FEBRUARY 2020 (SOLOMON STAR) — Four out of 12 people from Buka in Bougainville have been rescued by a fishing boat in Solomon Islands after their boat capsized and drifted at sea since December 2019. On arrival on Saturday at the Solomon Islands International Ports, the survivors were then transported immediately to the […]