Dear Editor, A team of medical specialists from Australia is in Honiara for a week-long service visit. The team of ear, nose and throat specialists will provide free screening, surgical and non-surgical treatment services at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) The…

Dear Editor, BOTH mining and especially logging has taken a heavy toll on Solomon Islands environment and mining and logging  operations and practices are continually mired by allegations of corrupt  dealings, disputes, criminal activities and, increasingly nasty incidents involving traditional landowners…

Dear Editor, I, for one, welcome the Police Commissioner’s assurance that the RSIPF is adequately trained and has specialist personnel assigned to the investigation of anti-corruption allegations and cases. In the absence still of an Independent Anti-Corruption Commission, the joint…

Dear Editor, FORTY lucky Solomon Islands students will study in universities in both Australia and in the Pacific region in 2018 under Australia Awards Scholarships. A local media release covering the awards it said:- “The Australia Awards program provides successful…

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…