BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO UNDERSECRETARY of the Ministry Of Health and Medical Services Dr Nemia Bainivalu says his ministry is deeply committed to ensuring health of women and girls through access to proper sanitary products. He expressed this statement at…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO DR Nemia Bainivalu, undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Service (MHMS) has called on the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) to consider procuring re-usable pads and provide them at a subsidised…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THE first national Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) Capacity Building workshop took place at Kairos Conference room on Wednesday. Officially opening the program was Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology’s (MECDM) Director of Environment…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THE issue of addressing living modified organisms (LMOs) is a challenge for Pacific Island countries especially when many people don’t know what LMO is and consume food or products that contain it. The above statement was…
By Mike Puia Gizo DIVING expert in the Western province, Dive Gizo, has injected $10,000 toward a major clean-up planned in Gizo and nearby islands next week. Western Province Network for Sustainable Environment (WPNFSE), a body coordinating non-government organisations and…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO MPA for Western province’s Ward 18 South Rendova George Solingi Lilo has proposed that MPAs, ward and electorate allowances be paid from the provincial fund. Lilo spoke during the province’s Sine Die on Wednesday that an…
By Mike Puia Gizo THE Wesleyan Methodist Church in Gizo, Western province, pays tribute to one of its founding fathers, the late Lawry Wickham who passed away last week. The Church’s National Secretary, Pr Joshua Loko, said the passing of…
STAFF of the National Statistics Office (NSO) within the Ministry of Finance & Treasury (MoFT) have concluded an intensive two weeks of training in data processing last week. Held at the NSO conference room in Honiara, the training run from…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki THE Lau Mbaelelea constituency road construction is reportedly progressing well. A Mr Eddie Kaia recently told this paper that construction of roads in the constituency is advancing as they are looking towards tangible road construction in…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CENTRAL Islands Province (CIP) citizens thank Social Media’s famous Ngella Forum (NGF) Team for their efforts of carrying out awareness over the weekend on the effects of logging and mining. The team that travelled went to Toga…
