BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki MALATA provincial police has proposed a two-day awareness talk to communities in ward 24 in West Are’are, Malaita province. Malaita Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Mr Timothy Apaesi told this paper yesterday that the talk is set…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE Ministry of Children (MWYCFA) has condemned reports of alleged rape of a six-year-old girl by a 70-year-old man in the Western province. Yesterday, police reported that it had arrested a 70-year-old man on March 16…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI THE dreaded Giant African snail, has been found in Fote, west Kwara’ae, Malaita province, it is reported. This finding is unsettling for people of the province, more so for farmers. And they are calling on the…
DEAR EDITOR, an article in yesterday’s Island Sun newspaper revealed the news that coconut water is in high demand in the global markets because of its many health benefits. Figures were quoted in the article showing how exporting countries like…
DEAR EDITOR, “Winston Peters, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister this week signalled that the New Zealand government will invest more time and resources in the economic survival and security of the Pacific. “Mr Peters said that New Zealand’s own future prosperity…
DEAR EDITOR, Mr Mayor, you are on the wrong track. Farms no matter how small or large are good for the community and environment. The illegal street stalls selling cooked food and other goods in hygienic conditions are the problem.…
DEAR EDITOR, as I have a keen interest, often expressed in my letters, to drawing attention to rural health care in the Solomon Islands, I was very pleased to read an article in the Island Sun newspaper today, Wednesday, of…
By Gary Hatigeva ON the eve of securing their trimmed budget, the Ministry of Forest and Research is looking strongly to reduce the volumes of logs to be exported this year. This however raised concerns and questions from the Public…
By Georgina Kekea WOMEN leader representatives in Malaita, Western, Guadalcanal and Honiara are currently attending a workshop to draft a submission for Temporary Special Measures in the Provincial Government Act (PGA) review process. Ministry of Women Youth Children & Family…
By Gary Hatigeva THE Solomon Islands government through the Ministry of Commerce and Trade was yesterday urged to help push the affairs of local investors. Top officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Trade were told to use available means…
