DEAR EDITOR, after heavy rain today in Honiara, the Red Cross Special Disability Centre (RCSDC) is once again flooded and classes suspended till the water subsides and the class rooms can be cleaned. The RCSDC is currently the only school…
DEAR EDITOR, the Island Sun newspaper yesterday, Wednesday, May 2, 2018, featured a very important article dealing with mental health issues in the Solomon Islands. The article, entitled ‘Mental Health needs Advocacy’ summarized the findings of a recent workshop held…
DEAR EDITOR, the status of the Renbel Chamber Project is quite interesting and at the same time raised a lot of eye brows, speculations and suspicious. Firstly, the Project has been pending for quite long time. Last year 2017 was…
DEAR EDITOR, as a youth, it is concerning to read news from the Island Sun local news dated January 4, 2018 in regards to teenagers being arrested for illegal brewing of homebrew on Ugi island, Makira province. As stated by…
THE Minister of Culture and Tourism Bartholomew Parapolo says he is impressed with the progress made by the MACFest National Organising Committee so far. Parapolo made the remarks when he met the committee in Honiara Thursday last week, saying the…
THE Temotu Premier and his 28-member delegation left Lata onboard MV Onogou for a nine-day visit to outliers of the province. He left with his delegation yesterday for Utupua, Vanikoro, Tikopia and Anuta Islands. During his pre-departure meeting with members…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE A former Honiara City Councilor voices that road development is crucial for the efficiency of services in the capital and suggests that Honiara City councillors and members of Parliament for West, Central and East Honiara constituencies…
BY ROMULUS HUTA PRESIDENT of National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) Martin Rara has congratulated the President of Solomon Islands Hockey Federation (SIHF) Nihal Seneviratne upon his recent election into the new Oceania Hockey Executive Board. Seneviratne was voted…
THE Lake Tegano World Heritage Site Association (ERWHSA), the body looking after the country’s world heritage site in Renbel province, has expressed concern about a foreign fishing company showing interest in the province’s fishery resources. It has been reported that…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA TWO Taiwanese medical doctors are working at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) under a volunteer work arrangement between the governments of Solomon Islands and Taiwan. Taiwan’s Embassy in the country through the Taiwan Health Centre (THC)…
