Virginia Kase Solomón (Photo: Common Cause) If there’s a most troubling issue facing our nation and its elected leaders at the dawn of the summer of 2024, many observers believe it is the state of our democracy. In the aftermath of the failed January 6, 2021 insurrection and subsequent widespread threats of violence and retribution […]
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Solomon Islands lawmakers elect former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China. Manele used his first speech as leader to promise to govern with integrity and to put his nation’s interests first. “I will […]
Solomon Islands lawmakers elect former foreign minister as new prime minister
Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister on Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China. Mr Manele used his first speech as leader to promise to govern with integrity and to put his nation’s interests first. “I will discharge my […]
Pro-China candidate wins Solomon Islands PM vote
Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands have selected a pro-China candidate as their prime minister, in an indication the Pacific nation will remain a close Beijing ally. Jeremiah Manele won the prime minister vote on Thursday, beating out his opponent in a 31-18 count. He will succeed former PM Manasseh Sogavare, a vocal critic of the […]
Solomon Islands pro-Beijing prime minister won’t keep his job following elections
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands pro-Beijing Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Monday withdrew from the contest to remain head of the strategically important South Pacific island nation’s government following general elections two weeks ago that are central to the U.S.-China rivalry in the region. Sogavare has been re-elected to the parliament. But he told […]
Solomon ad jabs at DePasquale in final days of Pa. attorney general campaign
Eugene DePasquale (l) and Jared Solomon (Capital-Star composite) Throughout the campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for Pennsylvania attorney general, the five candidates have often avoided taking direct shots at each other. With the April 23 primary election just a few days away, State Rep. Jared Solomon (D-Philadelphia) has released a 15 second ad sharply […]
Solomon Islanders vote in election that will shape relations with China
Voting closed across the Solomon Islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific nation’s first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining a foothold in the region. The Solomon Islands’ closer relationship with China and a […]
City to close Solomon Creek flood gates out of ‘abundance of caution’
Jan. 9—WILKES-BARRE — This morning, Wilkes-Barre City Mayor George C. Brown announced that the Solomon Creek flood gates at Waller Street and Regent Street would be closed, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The mayor said these closures are out of an “abundance of caution,” given the current weather reports. Any further closures will be announced as […]