November 9, 2018

Traditional land summit to be hosted in Auki

BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI THE United Nation peace programme together with the Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace and Malaita province will host a three-day summit on traditional governance and customary land system. Deputy Director from the Ministry of…

‘A single cough can generate tuberculosis’

BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE A single cough can generate more than 9,000 bacterium, in other words, TB bacteria. This is according to Dr Wei-Ru Lin, an infectious doctor and Director of Infection Control Centre at Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital…

Violence increasing in communities: Report

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THERE is an increasing number of reported violence on women and young women in Guadalcanal, Malaita and Western provinces, a report from Strongim Bisnis and Oxfam shows. As a result, women from the selected locations in…