THERE’S one thing Solomon Islands is known for – getting things down even at the last minute. The recent two-week MACFEST event is a case in point. Work did not start until two weeks before the $7 million cultural bonanza…
IT is often assumed that women are empowered when they are able to earn an income and that this puts them in a stronger position to negotiate with their partners. However, this is not always correct. Neither is the view…
By Derek Mane ON the morning of July 7, 1978, Solomon Islanders in various locations throughout the country lower the Union Jack and raised the Solomon Islands flag. A birth of a new nation, 40 years later to be ravaged…
BY the time you are reading this, our Prime Minister Hon Ricky Houenipwela, would have well and truly settled down in his hotel suite in Brisbane, He is there to sign the agreement linking Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands…
By Alfred Sasako. IF you were wondering why I was absent from the pages of Island Sun last week, here is why. I was away in China where I had accompanied the President of the Pacific –China Friendship Association (PCFA),…
AFTER her son’s murder, Miriam* finally fled her village in Myanmar’s conflict-ravaged Rakhine State. Even as Miriam escaped, the few precious belongings she could grab were snatched from her, and she recalls how she was forced to drink water from…
By Roderick Brazier, Australia’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands WORKING together to ensure economic growth, security and stability in the Pacific is at the cornerstone of Australia’s strengthened engagement in the Pacific as highlighted in Australia’s new Foreign Policy White…
Congratulations to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry Labour and Immigration for taking the lead in cracking down on alleged illegal workers in this country. It is long overdue. Many have been quick to condemn Bangladeshis who were the focus of…
SOLOMON Islands will go to the polls early 2019 and the political race for the 50 parliamentary seats has begun. We are now halfway into 2018 and to date there has been no information available from the Solomon Islands Electoral…
WE share the concern Transparency Solomon Islands continues to advocate, and reiterate the call for responsible authorities to take action on the findings of the Office of the Auditor General 2014-16. Last week, we published TSI’s column which highlighted unauthorised…
