The alarming incidence of diabetes in the Solomon Islands and the need for proper...
THE Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) carried an alarming story this week on the occasion of World Diabetes Day.
This is what the SIBC reported.
“Diabetes cases at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) Diabetes Clinic are increasing...
Chinese companies and domestic politics
AN OBSERVER
THE row between the national government and the Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has degenerated to a level that is politically unhealthy and could have an adverse impact on infrastructure developments on Malaita.
There is...
A situation that must be addressed – a response in looking at unemployment in...
DEAR EDITOR, in an Editorial piece in the Solomon Star yesterday, March 11, 2018, the writer referred to the country’s alarming rate of unemployment and had this to say (quote)
“The country’s rate of unemployment...
Solomon Islands Agricultural Ministry supporting local kava farming
THE agriculture Ministry has been supporting kava farming in the country under its Livelihood and Export Base Expansion Project and I have been monitoring progress with crop production since early last year.
It was about...
Codes of conduct and practice for the police service in the Solomon Islands
Dear Editor,
THE online webpage of the Solomon Star newspaper continues to feature an editorial piece, first published on 16 November 2017, relating to an allegation of unlawful detention and assault by the RSIPF reported...
VIEWPOINT- Virivolomo and his misconstrued facts
CELSUS TALIFILU
Brisbane
AVIATION Permanent Secretary Moses Virivolomo’s attempt to denounce what was said about his conduct in Auki is a desperate attempt to misconstrue real facts that were supplied to the premier from his executive...
Exclusion through Inclusion
The Paradox of Fiji’s Race Politics
FIJI’s contemporary politics has always been laced with racial overtones, even in the midst of the current Fiji First Party-led government’s attempts to erase race from Fijians’ political consciousness.
The...
A Chinese New Year story
DEAR EDITOR, in the late 50’s I was a young soldier serving in the New Territories in Hong Kong and I have been busy putting together my memories of those earlier years into a...
LAND REFORM IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS – WHERE NOW?
Dear Editor,
I recall reading a very comprehensive document on land reform in the Solomon Islands some years ago which was entitled “Building a Pathway for Successful Land Reform in the Solomon Islands.” The author...
Honiara has a new ambulance in service
Dear Editor,
MR. Douglas Kelson, the Chairman of the local branch of St John Ambulance service, has told me a new ambulance has been introduced in partnership with the Ministry of Health to undertake ambulance...