4 Oct 2006

Solomons politicians get big pay rise

9:24 am on 4 October 2006

Hefty pay rises for Solomon Islands politicians, agreed two months ago, are now in place.

Prime minister Manasseh Sogavare receives a 103 per cent pay rise with his salary jumping to nearly 20 thousand US dollars.

Ordinary MPs will now receive nearly 14 thousand US dollars, a rise of almost two hundred percent.