BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO GIZO Community High school has closed due to the safety fears caused by the escape of 29 Bougainvillean men from police custody yesterday. School Principal Mr Wiggen laments that the closure will adversely affect students’ education,…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO SERVICES including banks, shops, liquor outlets and pubs & night clubs in Gizo are closed following yesterday’s escape incident. Police have informed owners of businesses in Gizo, Munda and Noro and nearby islands to close temporarily…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE Republic of China (Taiwan) handed over 11,000 units of solar lamps to the Solomon Islands Government’s Ministry of Rural Development yesterday, which will be distributed among the country’s 50 constituencies. The donation comes under…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela strongly encourages Community Development Officers (CDO) from the country’s 50 constituencies to fairly distribute the solar lamp units which have been donated by Taiwan. PM Hou has entrusted the fair…
DEAR EDITOR, a couple of weeks ago I posed the question in the local SI media to what extent the Solomon Islands had, or was, benefitting from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in view of the dramatic impact of climate…
DEAR EDITOR, a 20 foot container with equipment supplies worth more than NZ$37,620, is on its way from New Zealand and is expected to arrive in Honiara on March 11. The donated contents of the container were requested from Take…
DEAR EDITOR, more than three years ago World Vision in the Solomon Islands reported that the country’s nurse aid posts and rural health clinics chronically lacked essential equipment and medicine to save mothers and children’s lives As one reads more…
DEAR EDITOR, quoting from Radio New Zealand International – February 20, 2018 “The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says funding from a humanitarian award will help extend its work in Fiji and the region. “The centre provides counselling as well as…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team has successfully removed unexploded ordnance (UXO) from three locations in Honiara and Henderson area on Tuesday. Officer In-Charge (OIC), RSIPF EOD, Inspector Clifford Tunuki says, “My team has…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI CONCERNED voters of the Aoke-Langalanga constituency in Malaita province, are calling on their member of parliament (MP) to visit them. Speaking on their behalf, a Mr Jay Walelifu said their MP, Mr Matthew Wale, has not…
