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…
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 NED GAGAHE Commissioner of Lands Alan McNeil says the lands office does not know exactly how much is the total outstanding Fixed Term Estate (FTE) holders have owed \the government because there is no database of land titles yet.…
By OFANI EREMAE LOCATED under a tree at the foot of the towering Sakurajima volcano in Japan’s south, this odd concrete structure bears little semblance to the rich history of the island it occupies. Indeed, it looks quite desolate and…
By OFANI EREMAE AS global temperatures continue to rise, weather experts have warned of more intense cyclones, flooding, and rising sea levels. The Pacific region, they say, is on the frontline of climate change. So, the future of the region’s…
By OFANI EREMAE IT once served a thriving community of 2,200 residents. But today the four-storey Arahama Elementary School, near Sendai city in Japan’s north, stood quiet as a monument left in memory of those who lost their lives in…
BLC sets to inquire into decision to delay elections By OFANI EREMAE THE Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) will soon carry out a provincial-wide inquiry into the Government’s move to defer next year’s election by a year to 2024. This…
Help Xavier get the cancer treatment he needs overseas By OFANI EREMAE AS he hugged his critically-ill son on his bed at the National Referral Hospital (NRH), Francis Bele could not imagine losing a child he called “the apple of…
OFANI EREMAE WHEN Malaysian loggerRichard Kong Sing Ngea pleaded guilty in December 2020 to the illegal harvesting of Tubi trees in Solomons’ Isabel Province, tribal leader Wilson Tohidi was thrilled. Ngea’s admittance of guilt, Tohidi believes, should prompt the Solomon…