BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE FORTY-FIVE candidates have sat for the first official Mandarin proficiency test- TOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language), Listening and Reading Test Novice level at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) on November 26th. According…
BY ELLISON.T.VAHI THE Children’s Park Playground at the perfect time has been re-painted by the navy from USCG Cutter Munro. The final touches to the playground were made yesterday when the Navy known as the Coast Guard Team re- painted…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO WESTERN Provincial government recently has appointed 15 Ministerial Advisory Board Committee in the Western Province. Premier Hon David Gina told Island Sun Gizo yesterday that those are important appointments as these bodies address sector-wide policy issue…
BY ELLISON.T.VAHI WITHOUT proper planning and access to information, developments like mining will threaten the natural resources Solomon Islanders depend on. While mining offers opportunities for economic development, without adequate management, it also poses direct and urgent threats to livelihoods,…
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $5 million policy-based grant to support the efforts of the Government of Solomon Islands to implement policy and institutional reforms to progressively improve fiscal sustainability, business climate, public financial management, and service…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI A dawn breaks for SIWIBA Malaita as women now start on establishing SIWIBA programme in the province. On Tuesday Island Sun met with members of the Association as they are clearing a piece of land in…
By Mike Puia THE country’s construction sector holds huge potential to boost the economy, says Amila Salgado, head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Extended Mission in Solomon Islands. Salgado made the comments at a graduation ceremony in Honiara last…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has made many significant steps to improve the way it responds and manages gender based violence incidents in Solomon Islands. “Although there is much work to do since the passage of the Family…
COMMISSIONER of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Matthew Varley calls on all men in Solomon Islands to join the campaign to end violence against women and girls and make a commitment not to tolerate it in our communities.…
DEAR EDITOR, please allow me to put forward my views on this Violence issue and Corruption. In my view Violence is affecting all mankind. Man, woman, children and the handicapped/disabled people. Therefore our talk is focusing mainly violence against women and…
