Western province suffers 6 months of limbo, MPGIS admits wrong decision BY BEN BILUA Just a week before provincial elections and the Western province is being told it was wronged by the national government. The province had to endure six…
HEALTH officials and stakeholders in Gizo, Western Province has joined the world celebrating World AIDS day. The event kicked off with a parade led by a long line of cars from PT109 to MSG building where the official programme unfolded.…
BY BEN BILUA A total of 19 people are living with HIV/AIDS in the country. HIV/AIDS Coordinator of Gizo Hospital, Western Province, Ellen Tanito speaking during the World AIDS Day celebration yesterday, said the total number people infected by HIV/AIDs…
BY BEN BILUA GIZO Hospital has recorded COVID cases over the past weeks – losing its COVID free status since border restrictions were lifted. According to reports, cases are expected to increase given that people are returning to normal life…
Authorities unite to remove vendors from Gizo streets BY BEN BILUA GIZO Town Council, Western Province Environmental Health, Gizo Police and Western Province’s Tourism Department are joining force to tackle street vending in the provincial capital. The team took the…
BY BEN BILUAGizo Solid waste Audit carried out by PlasticWise Gizo at Naru Island outside Gizo found that single used plastics have polluted the island. A total of 130 different types of solid wastes weighted 40,000 grams were collected within…
BY BEN BILUAGizo WESTERN provincial administration has beefed up security at MSG Building in Gizo following a vandalism incident last week. Report reaching Island Sun says doors of incomplete toilet facilities that is constructed under CAUSE project were broken. In…
BY BEN BILUA FORMER Member of Parliament and longtime journalist, Alfred Sasako says Solomon Islands has been engrained by corruption that there seems to be no solution to address the issue. Speaking during a penal discussion on “Media’s Role in…
150 delegates in Honiara for region’s biggest news gathering BY BEN BILUA THE 6th Pacific Media Summit – the region’s biggest gathering of media executives and practioners – opens at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara this evening. Up to…
BY BEN BILUAGizo GIZO has been named as one of the recipients of the PacWastePlus funding mechanism designed to facilitate the recycling or recovery of waste. The funding will provide a sustainable financing systems to enhance solution for long-term management…