Tale of backpacker turned Gizo businessman
BY BEN BILUAGizoADVENTURES are full of surprises; some cannot never be forgotten for years. The world is full of surprises and human beings must step out from their comfort zone to see what the...
Isabel landowners fight for ownership over Tubi logs
OFANI EREMAEWHEN 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,...
A boat builder’s journey in the Solomons
BY BEN BILUAGizoEveryone has a goal in life and that is to live a good life without anxiety or misery.However, the requirement to live a good life comes with greater challenges that one has...
AGONY OF A BOY, 3
Help Xavier get the cancer treatment he needs overseasBy OFANI EREMAEAS he hugged his critically-ill son on his bed at the National Referral Hospital (NRH), Francis Bele could not imagine losing a child he...
Cable goodwill paid out?
By Mike PuiaIT appears the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has made a goodwill payment to a group for landowners from Guadalcanal for the landing of the undersea internet cable on...
Australia opens up for Solomon Islands
BY ALFRED PAGEPITUAUSTRALIA is considering ‘further opening up its doors’ to Solomon Islanders, it is reported.This is if the Solomon Islands government reconsiders its move to recognise Beijing over Taipei.Sources tell Island Sun that...
Malaita provincial health to inquire into magnetic claim
BY SAMIE WAIKORIAUKIMALAITA provincial health and other support authorities will launch an inquiry to verify the authenticity of pictures and information contain in a clip that is currently circulating on social.The same news appeared...
START A CHILD OFF RIGHT
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. (Prov. 22:6 NIV)CHILDREN are very important members of the family. The responsibility of...
West Rennell LOs want bauxite stockpile cleared
WEST Rennell landowners are appealing to the national government to allow World Link Company to export a large bauxite stockpile it had dug up in their land.World Link, which operated inside a private registered...
The kava boom on Malaita
By Brian LezutuniTHE fog has just cleared as Walter Ara begins his steep climb up the hills behind his village.After every five minutes he stops to catch his breath in between smoking tobacco from...