Corina Dettke eying SIBBF 2019 championship BY TAROMANE MARTIN SOLOMON Islands first ever-female body builder and Miss Solomon, 24 years old Corina Dettke says she is ready to represent the country. Solomon Islands will join other Pacific Island countries in…
MORE than 40 market vendor representatives from Auki, Gizo and Honiara central market vendors associations have gathered in Honiara for the three-day inaugural Solomon Islands Market Vendors’ Association (MVA) forum which begins today. Since the establishment of these MVAs through…
A recent historical and successful visit by the Parliamentary Health and Medical Services Committee to the Western province uncovered the seriousness of poor health services in the province’s hospitals, clinics and area health centres. This was after its recent inquiries…
THE Minister for Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS), Nestor Ghiro has visited some infrastructure projects funded by the Provincial Capacity development Fund (PCDF) in parts of Western province last week. Mr Ghiro and his Permanent Secretary, Stanley Pirione and…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO The Government could increase its development assistance in rural villages under its Provincial Capacity Development allocation (PCDF) pending a new proposal requesting for additional funds allocation. The Minister for Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening, Nestor Ghiro…
IN a fulfilment of being “Polis Blo Iu” or “Your Police”, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is opening its doors at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara and throughout the provinces to the public in a two-day Open…
THE Correctional Services of Solomon Islands (CSSI) has organised a high level meeting for its top officials this week in Honiara. The meeting that draws in all CSSI’s Provincial Centre Commandants and Directors of all functional Units was officially opened…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MARINE and coastal areas are known as one of the attractive environmental zones which foreign aid and research invested in that benefit Solomon Islands. The National Marine Ecosystem Service Valuation report of Solomon Islands highlighted that…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE A professor from Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital’s (KMUH) Department of Parasitology says outdoor defecation and the use of it as fertilizer in agriculture must not be practised as it can become the source of parasitic…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE ONE way women from communities in Northeast Guadalcanal’s Tasimboko area can address the dire need of sufficient water supply and proper sanitation is by seeking assistance from the national government through our Member of Parliament. This…
