BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO ON Wednesday 20 women from Maliata province had dialogue based on the recently launched policy of Malaita Province Women’s Empowerment and Development Policy 2018 to 2022 and issues facing women with their members of Parliament at…
PREPARATIONS for Isabel’s popular ‘Kodili’ Festival in Buala township of Isabel province is 90 percent complete according to the Chairman of the Organising Committee Eddie Kanijama. The Festival which starts on June 25 is expected to feature the unique arts…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA KODILI Festival 2018 participants from Honiara begin their journey to Buala today. The festival, which showcases Isabel province’s rich culture, is set to start on Monday, June 25. Kodili festival was established in 2016, and takes place…
DEAR EDITOR, I would appreciate you giving some coverage to this story since the provision of a mobile health clinic is much needed locally in view of the state of many of the nation’s run-down and decaying rural health clinics.…
DEAR EDITOR, on Wednesday, the Island Sun newspaper featured a brief article I had submitted on the benefits of growing vegetables by hydroponics. The Editor of the newspaper also uploaded a photograph I had sent which clearly illustrated lettuces being…
AUSTRALIA has been recorded as the country that has the most nationals visiting Solomon Islands in the first quarter of this year. Government Statistician Douglas Kimi revealed this while releasing the visitors statistics produced by the Solomon Islands National Statistics…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Governor of Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI), Denton Rarawa last month during the launch of CBSI’s 2017 annual report called for a reform to transform. Rarawa in his speech said 2018 is a special year…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA HONIARA City Council (HCC) Law Enforcers yesterday demolished betel nut market stalls at Rove. The demolition came about after a notice issued by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) for the removal of these stalls so that…
THERE has been complaints raised that some retired police officers are still residing in police houses, a cause of frustration to current serving officers without accommodation. One such frustrated officer, who is still without accommodation, said some officers who have…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE Australian Defence department will continue to support the Royal Solomon Islands Force Police Maritime. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley said this recently when responding to questions raised on the issue of the new patrol boat that will…
