Politics

Chottu contesting Northwest Guadalcanal seat

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO  Thirty-five-year-old Simon Chottu is one of the candidates contesting the Northwest Guadalcanal constituency seat this coming joint elections on April 17. Mr Chottu is from Kiribati and India. He is a born Solomon Islander and raised…

US VOWS CLIMATE CHANGE SUPPORT

US government committed to share Solomon Islands’ climate change burden BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO  The United States government says it is fully committed to support Solomon Islands in sharing the unequal burden of climate change. Non-Resident Ambassador to Solomon Islands…

No more amputations due to NCDs: Lilo

BY IRWIN ANGIKI The Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA) is promising to do away with amputations due to non-communicable diseases (NCD). SIPRA President Gordon Darcy Lilo says there are new technologies available today which the Solomon Islands can…