By Gary Hatigeva SMALL and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) in and around the country are indeed benefiting from the mini-tradeshow that is currently underway in the capital, Honiara. As part of the 6th Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival (MACFest) for this…
By Alfred Sasako. IF you were wondering why I was absent from the pages of Island Sun last week, here is why. I was away in China where I had accompanied the President of the Pacific –China Friendship Association (PCFA),…
THE National Parliament Office has conducted an induction programme for Lanelle Tanangada, the newly elected Member of Parliament for Gizo Kolombangara who won the Bye-election on May 23, 2018. The induction for Lanelle is of paramount importance ahead of the…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO NEWLY elected premier David Gina has called on provincial members, churches and the people of Western province to support him in ensuring services is felt across the province. In his keynote address yesterday, he admitted that…
THE United States Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Her Excellency Catherine Ebert Gray, presented Emma Garo with the 2018 Ambassador’s Woman of Courage Award in Honiara on Thursday, July 5, 2018. “By honouring Ms Emma Garo, we are honouring all women…
POLICE at Gizo in the Western province are searching for a foreign national who was believed to have fallen over board after his boat was found at Sambora Village, Vella la Vella on July 2, 2018. “Reports reaching the RSIPF…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO WESTERN province has a new Premier. He is David Gina, the provincial member for Munda ward 15. Gina polled 15 votes defeating his only rival and provincial member for Nusa Roviana ward 16, Ramrakha Talasasa by…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE first ever poverty maps, launched by the government recently has received its first public rejection by Choiseul provincial member for ward 12, Nerio Ulemiki. He questions the equity and equal distribution of services which were highlighted…
Major decline in HIV tests worries authorities BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE number of people undergoing HIV test has halved since last year raising concerns for health authorities. Solomon Islands Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) data to date is 30 confirmed cases…
SIEC scraps new method for 2019 national general elections BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THERE will be no out-of-constituency voting in the upcoming 2019 general election, according to the Office of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, (SIEC). The commission’s capacity…
