IT is no secret that despite being the major income generating activity for the country, logging also brought about its social woes. In a report titled ‘from happy hour to hungry hour; logging, fisheries and food security in Malaita’ it…
DEAR EDITOR, I read the touching letter in the Island Sun today, Thursday, in which an appeal was made for 50 or more urgently needed wheel chairs for the surgical ward at the NRH. I have immediately asked my partner…
DEAR EDITOR, the Solomon Islands Prime Minister, the Hon. Rick Hou, spoke yesterday during the commemoration of the 76th Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal. The Prime Minister in invoking memories of the battle that raged in the Solomon Islands…
DEAR EDITOR, I am pleased to be able to write in response to an appeal for wheel chairs published in the Island Sun newspaper, today, Thursday 9 August, 2018, that my partner charity organization, ‘Take My Hands.’ Based in Auckland,…
By Alfred Sasako RUSSELL Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL), once described as the “jewel in the crown” in the nation’s economy, is once again in the news. The interest appears to have been triggered by the visit to Marulaon Village…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI CONCERN has been raised by the rural people in ward 12 in the Lau lagoon area in north East Malaita, Lau Mbaelela constituency, that there is no communication and commercial bank services provided in their areas.…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI MANAOBA Island in the Lau lagoon area is one of the prime sites for the people in ward 12 and the surrounding communities within the area concerning development. The unique Manaoba Island where the Binaelu airport…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE Solomon Islands Government has promised continuous recognition of the valuable efforts through the commitment to protect the genuineness of the Bloody Ridge National Park. Prime Minister Rick Hou relayed this at the recent commemoration of…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE co-principal investigator of Taiwan Health Centre and vice-superintendent of Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH) has commended the friendship of Solomon Islands and Taiwan. Taiwan established relations with Solomon Islands more than 30 years and has…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has revealed the intention for the Bloody Ridge National Peace Park to be transformed into a tourist attraction site. Prime Minister Hou said with this intention the government plans to develop the…
