DEAR EDITOR, as I write this piece I am mindful that there are many hundreds of ex-patients of the Solomon Islands National Referral Hospital (NRH) that have had limbs amputated due to diabetes and who are still awaiting replacement prosthetics…
DEAR EDITOR, following a reported overwhelming turnout for the Gizo-Kolombangara by-election last week, the poll closed with a landslide victory for Mrs Lanelle Tanagada, a former teacher and the holder of a Masters degree from Waikato University in New Zealand.…
IN his closing remarks at a lunchtime banquet held in his honor in Taipei last week, Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela made an interesting remark. As a matter of fact, it is a phrase in diplomatic parlance I have come across…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA and GARY HATIGEVA IT all started with non-stop coughing since 2016. Asthma-like (shortness of breath) then took place this year after the period of coughing since 2016 having forced Deacon Kenneth Soaki, (Purotu Katoa), 39, to…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA UNITED Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) spokesman Mr Jacob Rumbiak is calling on Solomon Islands to back away from Indonesian influence. Speaking to Island Sun, Rumbiak said this is what they do and that is to…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI CASE of the killing at the FE Travellers motel in Auki has been adjourned for tomorrow. The adjournment is to allow the Director Public Prosecution to meet with the witnesses before the hearing. The case was…
THE Parliamentary Opposition has called on the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade to ensure the Prime Minister is well versed with the diplomatic protocol of seeking financial assistance from…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has hit back at the claim made by the Leader of Opposition that the Prime Minister requested $900 million when making a public statement during the state banquet in Taipei recently. The Prime Minister in a…
REMAINS of the body of a boy reportedly attacked by a crocodile have been found on Tuesday. Guadalcanal Police confirmed the finding which followed a search conducted on Tuesday at Singe village, North East Guadalcanal. Acting Provincial Police Commander (PPC)…
By Mike Puia Gizo THE Western province will proceed and impose a ban on plastic starting in July. While the provincial government is having an issue with the drafting of a policy paper (white paper), provincial secretary, Jeffery Wickham, confirmed…
