MALAITA provincial town of Auki and other parts of the province experienced the shudder of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake this week, on Tuesday 22nd November 2022. The earthquake struck around 1pm, with only slight shaking that lasted for more than…
BY NED GAGAHE National examinations for forms three, five and six will continue as scheduled. The ministry of education (MEHRD) announced this last night to clarify an error in an earlier report that the ministry had suspended the exams following…
BY NED GAGAHE Guadalcanal province police are assessing the damages caused by the 7.3 magnitude earthquake on 22nd November 2022. The epi-centre of the earthquake at 1pm is few kilometres outside Wanderer Bay Ward, west Guadalcanal. Few reports are also…
7.3 earthquake sends Honiara packing BY MAVIS PODOKOLO HONIARA residents spoke of the horror and trauma they suffered as a result of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that jolted Guadalcanal on the afternoon of Tuesday 22nd November 2022. “I thought the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Infrastructures are enablers to the economy, says Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. He said this during the first Young Entrepreneurs Council Solomon Islands (YECSI) awards night 2022 held in Honiara on 17th November 2022. Mr Sogavare said…
BY NED GAGAHE A father Dr Jack Siwainao from Are Are, Malaita province, has pleaded with the prime ministers of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea for the deportation of his two daughters whom he says are living illegally in…
BY NED GAGAHE Form three students nationwide will begin their national examinations today,22nd November 2022. Several schools confirmed to Island Sun yesterday that they are prepped and ready to roll out their form-three exams today. The exam starts this morning…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO A week-long National Women’s Dialogue ended on Friday 18th November 2022, with the event’s outcome to be submitted to the Government. Attended by senior women, young women and girls, more than 50 recommendations came out of…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO MINISTER for Ministry of Forestry and Research Dickson Panakitasi Mua has called for equal recognition and giving greater prominence to the ocean. He was speaking at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, where he led the…
BY EDDIE OSIFELO FORMER politician Sam Alasia has come up with some findings in his newly launched book in Honiara last Friday as way forward for Solomon Islands in her nation building. The title of the book is ‘Healing a…
