THE Young Entrepreneurs Council Solomon Islands (YECSI) has hosted its first networking event on November 8, 2018 at the Heritage Park Hotel. Called ‘Ignite Networking’, the event presented the opportunity for seven young entrepreneurs to pitch each on their business,…
THE Solomon Islands PNG Association on Monday this week handed over medical equipment to the National Referral Hospital (NRH). The Association handed over an ECG and a Suction machine worth over $50,000 at a small but significant event at the…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI ALARM has been raised over unlawful drunken activities in the residential areas of the Malaita provincial town of Auki. According to Auki Town Facebook Forum, residents are becoming distressed over such unlawful activities especially from drunk…
I write this Column sitting atop perhaps the highest hill in Auki on Malaita. The views are breathtaking any direction one looks. The site is the Hotel Malaita, one of the many hotels and motels that had sprang up in…
DEAR EDITOR, as a mother, grandmother, great grandmother and the eldest member of my sub-tribe, I am writing to express my concern about how our legal system (SI) came up with a judgement against my sub-tribe on a court case…
THE Savo and Russell Islands People’s Empowerment Network (SRIPEN) was officially launched on Saturday November 10, 2018 at Pokilo Village, Savo Island. SRIPEN Executive team, representative of the Savo House of Chiefs, community elders, leaders of Savo 13 communities and…
THE Savo and Russell Islands People’s Empowerment Network (SRIPEN) has successfully held a Leaders Summit in Pokilo Village, Savo Island on November 10, 2018 with the theme: “Together We Can Do More” Dusaka in Savo dialect and Me Sangine in…
IN an effort to examine land-related issues in Malaita province and potential solutions, nearly 300 representatives from across the province, including chiefs, women and youth, are gathered in Auki for a land reform summit. The difficulty of registering customary land…
A step into the future and back From the tropical sunny side of the globe, Island Sun’s senior reporter Barnabas Manebona travels to one of the world’s leading e-societies, Estonia, where near-zero temperature and climate is only the tip…
A two-day workshop on the Arms Trade Treaty and Plan of Action for Solomon Islands is underway in Honiara this week. This is the second workshop for Solomon Islands which is aimed at informing and strengthening key Government agencies involved…
