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YWCA Girls Rise Up! changes Clera’s life

CLERA Tegu is a 17 year-old girl from Makira Ulawa Province who says the Girls Rise Up! project “has changed my life.” Clera is one of over 200 young girls involved in the Girls Rise Up! project. Girls Rise Up!…

Musings from Baegu-Asifola

High tides, piped-water, internet and waterfall MOMENTS turned into memories are significant because they last in our minds. According to Willa Cather, an American novelist known for her novels concerning frontier life on the Great Plains, “some memories are realities”.…

Media urged to report accurately

CHIEF Electoral Officer Jane Waetara urges media to report with facts and responsibility in order to avoid mis-information and panic. This comes as the media platform has expanded from traditional media to social media that ultimately changes the communication landscape.…

WE RESPECT OTHERS: MING

Peoples Republic of China (PRC) respects the wish of other developing countries and never imposed ideas PRC’s Ambassador Li Ming says. He made this clarification over claim by academics saying the US$25 million assistance to Malaita is part of USA’s…

Lack of rooms poses huge problem: PM

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE National Oversight Committee of Covid-19 and the camp management are facing lack of adequate quarantine facilities to ensure students have individual rooms. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stressed this yesterday when announcing the third positive case…

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COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RISK LOW: PM

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO DESPITE the climbing number of covid-19 cases, the risk of community transmission remains low. Government is quick to reassure citizens of this, following yesterday’s announcement of a third case of covid-19. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, in…

JUVENILES, MOST OF 23 ARRESTEES: Police

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA Juveniles make up the most of a recent mass arrest by police in the Western province. Deputy Commissioner Ian Vaevaso says it is sad to see juveniles involved in the incident that occurred at Patmos Island, Roviana…