The man who is ‘Blind Tome’
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
LIVING with disability was never seen as a barrier for 52-year-old Tomme Tanisuda, or known in the local music scene as ‘Blind Tome’.
The gifted musician who was born blind, talked with the...
Its like a dream come true
Joel Tereoha was born 11 years ago with severe Cerebral Palsy.
His grandmother, together with his loving family, have coped with his disability until he became too heavy for them to lift.
The Rotary Club of...
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,...
Where’s our rehabilitation package?
By EDDIE OSIFELO
MAJOR development activities on West Guadalcanal have sparked a call for government action on meeting the rehabilitation demands of former combatants promised six years ago.
The call was made by the Western Region...
No monitoring, No knowledge of logging damages in Solomon Islands
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
Communities in Solomon Islands are worried that lack of effective monitoring mechanisms and safe environmental practices by stakeholders are preventing authorities from understanding the full extent of environmental damage brought about by the rampant...
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Most families still live ‘hand to mouth’: Wale
By EDDIE OSIFELO
The persistence of hardships felt by families and households in the country has prompted the call for government to come up with a second stimulus...
From White River to Nauru
How a young man overcame hardship to become police officer
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
Financially crippled as a young man in the Solomon Islands, Jonathan Paul Atanikakia has found his calling in the tiny Pacific nation of...
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...
Coastal villages hit hard by rising seas
By EDDIE OSIFELO
The threat of sea level rise on the sea coasts of Solomon Islands is real.
The country lies east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and 3,280 km to Australia, has...