Dear Editor, ACCORDING to a Press Association article on 7 September 2017, Researchers at the University of Texas claim to have invented a device capable of identifying cancerous cells more than 150 times faster than existing technology. Here is a…
Dear Editor, I recently wrote to congratulate the community of Barana on Mount Austen on plans to re-plant trees and protect the ecosystems in a proposed park. Communities in the Solomon Islands, like the Barana one, must be further encouraged…
THE debate rages on in the Solomon Islands following the withdrawal by the Prime Minister of a raft of anti-corruption bills he brought before Parliament last week. Prime Minister Sogavare has announced that the bills will be re-introduced following some…
Dear Editor, IN today’s edition of the SUN newspaper, former politician and veteran journalist, Alfred Sasako, wrote an article about JANUS having obtained 8 arrest warrants in order to pursue those alleged to have been involved in corrupt dealings. In…
MORE and more I read of incidents and disputes occurring in the Solomon Islands involving Asian logging contractors and indigenous landowners. I can cite several cases in which logging equipment and machinery has been torched allegedly by angry landowners when…
ACCORDING to a recent Radio New Zealand International news item, the European Union wants its aid and development to the region to be better targeted to the Pacific. The RNZI bulletin said:- “The EU is preparing for the end of…
THE UK Evening Standard newspaper of 4 September 2017 gave exciting news of a scientific development of a camera capable of seeing through the human body. Quoting the newspaper article it said:- “Scientists in Scotland have developed a new camera…
IN a Radio New Zealand International (RNZI news bulletin today, Tuesday, 5 September 2017, it was reported that the Government of India has vowed to help 7 Pacific States combat the effects of climate change. Quoting from the RNZI bulletin…
IN New Zealand, the charitable trust that has freighted containers of medical supplies and equipment for the NRH for the past 12 months has been named one of 12 finalists in the “Partnering for Good” category of the Sustainable Business…
JANUS continues to widen its net and now one reads that a warrant of arrest was issued last Friday for the Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening. The latest arrest follows closely on the heels of several Permanent Secretaries…
