DEAR EDITOR, quoting Radio New Zealand International – 2018 “Increasing the participation of Pacific women in Australia’s Seasonal Worker Programme is one of the recommendations in a new report by the World Bank. “The report, launched in Canberra, outlined a…
DEAR EDITOR, I can report that the SFA has agreed, today, to provide the money needed to send 13 year old Myrin Siarobo from Malaita to Fiji to undergo a CT scan and for an investigation of her medical condition…
DEAR EDITOR, it has come to my notice that there exists an institution in Taiwan, namely “Global Medical Instruments Support & Service Programme”, which collects used but still good medical instruments/devices from institutions or hospitals in Taiwan, and donates them…
DEAR EDITOR, earlier this month I wrote a letter to the local media in which I requested donor support in shipping 100 hospital beds needed urgently at the NRH, the Buala Hospital and the main hospital in Malaita province. Although…
DEAR EDITOR, quoting Radio New Zealand International – 28 March 2018 “The future of Samoa’s copra industry is getting a further boost after a new joint venture was signed this month with Dr Bronner’s. “The US multinational soap company’s founder…
DEAR EDITOR, quoting a report broadcast today, 23 March 2018, by Radio New Zealand International, the Solomon Islands Government is planning to slash the health budget by $US4.16 million dollars. “The Ministry of Health’s Permanent secretary, Tenneth Dalipanda, said such…
AUSTRALIA Awards alumni members have been urged to lead the tide of change in their communities and the country. The Solomon Islands Australia Alumni Association (SIAAA) and the Australian High Commission successfully hosted a Gala Dinner on Tuesday, March 20,…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SMOKING residents at Tulaghi are confirmed to move into a new plot of land allocated as work for a new domestic wharf there is soon to commence within July-August. The Premier of Central Islands Province (CIP) Hon…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki FIVE “severe mental disorder” or mentally ill cases have been reported at Kilu’ufi Mental Unit for the first quarter of the year. Doctor in-charge of the mental unit, Dr Rex Maukera revealed this during an interview…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE committal papers regarding the three separate bank armed robbery cases will be made on April 4. This is after the prosecution tendered the committal papers to the court yesterday. The incident occurred in 2015 and 2016…
