BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO BUALA Hospital in Isabel province is facing nurse shortage. This has reportedly affected service delivery at the province’s only hospital since Christmas. In an interview with this paper yesterday, Acting Director of Buala Hospital Ms Hellen…
By Mike Puia FORMER councillor of the Honiara City Council (HCC), Jimmy Sevesi, has condemned Solomon Airlines’ attack on media freedom. Sevesi, who once worked as a media personnel at the SIBC, said chief executive officers (CEOs) of our State…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO FOUR local fishermen who went missing on Thursday last week were rescued on Saturday in Western Province. The missing men were found around lunchtime adrift between Simbo and Ranongga islands by a Mr Pita Fay, who…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA A concerned farmer from North Guadalcanal is calling on their Member of Parliament to explain the $300,000 allocated for damage caused by heavy rains in December last year. In a walk-in interview yesterday, Mr Timothy Urobo…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE election petition case against Member of Parliament for Temotu Pele Constituency Duddley Kopu has been struck out by the court on Friday last week. The written judgment on the case is yet to be compiled by…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case against Ms Malia Katalake and two others will be mentioned in court today. Peter Rockson and Junior Moris Bolas are the co-accused in this case. This is the case which involves corruption related offences of…
Beche-de-mer harvest season closes Wednesday next week BY JARED KOLI THE Beche-de-mer harvest season will close on Wednesday next week, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) confirmed yesterday. Director of Fisheries Mr Edward Honiwala in a phone interview…
By Taromane Martin THE Solomon Island 2023 Pacific Games task force is still awaiting cabinet’s approval before they can move to another stage in preparation for the games. Task force team leader, Mr Gabriel Suri said cabinet is yet to…
DEAR EDITOR, the Solomon Islands contribution to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is negligible, but—like other Small Island Developing States- it suffers disproportionately the effects of global warming. Next week the World Economic Forum (WEF) will be holding its annual…
BY BEN BILUA EMPOWER Pacific – a Fiji based NGO has officially opened its branch in the Solomon Islands last week. A brief opening ceremony was held at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) and was attended by the acting Chief…