By Mike Puia Gizo MUNDA, another big township in the Western province, is leading the way in the province’s plan to ban plastic as of July. Most market venders in Munda are selling baskets for shopping that are weaved using…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki NON-communicable disease is reported to be the number-one killer in Solomon Islands. According to a report recently released by WHO on data collected in every hospital in the country, the majority of deaths is categorised under…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THERE is good results from Honiara City Council’s (HCC) operation against foreign language labelled goods in shops last week, it is reported. Wholesalers and HCC’s inspection unit have struck an agreement whereby the suppliers will relabel…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case against four men alleged of burgling homes in 2015 will be mentioned in the Honiara Magistrate Court today. Frank Firimolea, Fred Taebo Dara, and Lawrence Liliva and a 15-year-old juvenile are facing various charges in…
THE Government of the Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan has handed over a total of SBD$44.7 million to the Solomon Islands Government for the following causes: SBD$1.50 million for the 2017 ROC Support Constituency Development (RSCD) Second Tranche for five…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Solomon Airlines A320 H4-BUS being sent to ST Aerospace Engineering in Singapore for scheduled maintenance since February is still waiting for one of its engines under restoration work. This is according to a Solomon Airlines media…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE National Training Unit (NTU) has been urged to quickly settle the book and establishment allowances for government-sponsored students in USP’s Laucala and Emalus campuses. Solomon Islands Government (SIG) sponsored students studying at the University of the…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THERE are more reported cases of females with non-communicable diseases than men in the Solomon Islands, it is reported. Solomon Islands is currently facing a ‘double-disease burden’ with high prevalence of communicable diseases and high growth…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE number of people undergoing test for Human Immuno-deficiency (HIV) has declined by half last year, it is reported. MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) in its 2017 Health Core Indicator Report stated the number…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki THE project of civil registration and vital statistic especially on verbal autopsy will help improve necessary areas of work on diseases in the country. The project is being implemented in the country with the aim of…
