Recovering from Japan’s Great east Earthquake
BY OFANI EREMAE
AS Naomitsu Kakui spoke to a group of visiting journalists about the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the pain and trauma of that disaster could still be detected on his face.
Kakui, 64,...
A concrete structure with a deep history
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...
When a classroom is turned into a museum
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...
American couple heading home after 29 years here.
AN American couple who have lived and worked here over the last 29 years are heading back soon to their country.
Joyce and Don Boykin first came to the Solomon Islands in 1993.
Don was an...
PlasticWise Gizo makes scary discovery
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...
Two local journalists win SPREP awards
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
Two of the four winners of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) award, the 2020 Vision Pacific Media Award, are Solomon Islanders.
They are Jeremy Gwao of Tavuli News,...
Family Federation celebrates 40 years in Solomon Islands
THE Family Federation for World Peace and Unification celebrated 40 years of outreach in the Solomon Islands.
Founded by Korean religious leader, Reverend Moon and his wife, the family federation has grown over the years...
PNG/SI Community farewells young Xavier.
By Lynnissha Runa
The Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Association has offered a small donation as they farewelled three-year-old Xavier Bele who left the country yesterday for special medical treatment in the Philippines.
Young Xavier was...
Madam Sogavare assist widowed market vendors
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
THE Wife of the Prime Minister, Emmy Sogavare has hosted another fellowship for widows who are market vendors at the Fisheries Market.
The Prime Minister’s wife said this not the first time...
Rescued local returns home
A Solomon Islander who was rescued after 47 days at sea on August 18 in the remote south coast of West New Britain province in Papua New Guinea was safely repatriated to Honiara over...