August 2019

Seneviratne terminated

By Taromane Martin THE National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) has confirmed that the president for archery federation and Hockey Federation Mr Nihal Seneviratne has been terminated. A NOCSI statement yesterday said that Mr Seneviratne’s termination was endorsed during…

Allowances received

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Islands students studying in Philippines have now received second Semester allowances, but not all them yet, it is reported last night. Some are still to receive theirs according to report reaching Island Sun and are hoping…

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO OPERATIONS at the National Referral Hospital Operating Theatre will scale down due to shortage of Terumo blood bag supplies. Terumo blood bags are high quality, high-value blood bags designed for the collection, processing and storage of…

Bad tender?

Landcruiser being tendered by MID already sold by Tingoa police officers months ago   BY ALFRED PAGEPITU A landcruiser which is being tendered by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) is reportedly “already sold by officers of Tingoa police station”.…

New tax on white rice

PUBLIC are expected to dig deeper into their own pockets when the new import duty of 20 cent per kilogram of rice and a good tax of five percent added as of September 1. At the moment the price of…