YESTERDAY, I wrote to your newspaper about a claim made to me that up to 400 people in the Solomon Islands are without prosthetic limbs, mainly prosthetic legs, following surgery. It seems as if my news merely scratched the surface…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE reigning Miss Pacific Islands Ms Anne Christine Dunn and the Miss Solomon Islands 2017 contenders visited the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Women Children Youth and Family Affairs (MWCYFA) yesterday. During their…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO GIZO authorities and public are calling on ship owners to make sure pot plants are quarantine checked before transported to the provinces. This call follows several findings of the giant African snail in pot plants shipped…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Solomon Islands Maritme Safety Administration (SIMSA) is in dire need of qualified personnel, it is reported. SIMSA, which is proposed to be upgraded into the wider-scoped Solomon Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA), needs a boost in…
BY BEN BILUA MANDELA Primary School management says the Chief Education Officer of Guadalcanal province has lied in the media. This follows CEO Maesac Suia’s statement on SIBC last Friday that Mandela school is not registered under the province’s education…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was being hypocritical on what it usually speaks of, ‘leaving no one behind’. Sogavare made the bold statement during The Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan double…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI CABINET has approved a cocoa factory for the Makira-Ulawa province, it is reported. An elated premier of Makira-Ulawa, Stanley Siapu, tells Island Sun that his government and the people of Makira-Ulawa are grateful, especially the cocoa farmers.…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE open beche-de-mer season is taking its toll on the supply of fresh reef fish in the local market, it is reported. Honiara’s central market, which used to be teeming with reef fish venders, is…
A recent historical and successful visit by three Parliamentary Standing Committees to the eastern borders of Solomon Islands uncovered the seriousness of police security and deterioration, poor health services and the increasing threat of sea level rise on low lying…
