Dear Editor – Will there be an investigation into the Police uniforms? If there is will there be any charges laid? What about all the other scandals involving SIG money ranging from unaccounted RCDF’s to missing funds from Commissions of Enquires. All no charges, why? I think it is called “Looking after…
Dear Editor – Few weeks ago about $300,000 was handed over to the agents and supporters of the MP for Kia/Hograno/Havulei Constituency by his terminated CDO. These funds I understand are for Tourism projects in the Kia and Havulei wards. Surprisingly, the handing over of the funds was done in isolation, witnessed mostly by supporters…
Dear Editor – I have been following the stars with the above story. It’s interesting that I want to jump into another man’s boat. Maybe so interesting it is that some spectators got so interested and somehow envious about it. I think many constituencies do not need such business. They might have roads, airfields and…
Dear Editor – Please allow me to reply the Principal Education Officer (Mr. Philip Arofa Niusilani) of Temotu Province on the topic Temotu Teachers Allocation Payout 2013-2014 which appears in the Editor’s column in your paper on Monday 20th January 2014 (Issued No: 5407). Firstly, as a Senior Officer of Temotu Province, Mr. Arofa’s letter…
Dear Editor – We are now in the general election year and we now begin to hear a lot of talks by groups, said to be advocates, of free and fair elections in regards to the coming national election. It is good to cause people to beware of what to do when the time comes.…
Dear Editor – My only reason to express some thoughts in your medium is to satisfy the mind of the voters back in Rendova Tetepare and south New Georgia about the absence of proper management on Constituency funds and the absolute lack of it under the capacity of the incumbent CDO Kenny Igilave and his…
Dear Editor – I really sympathize with Kuma and those whose views he is trying to represent in his contribution to the current debate on the question, “who should take the responsibility to pay the former attorney general for his forced removal from Solomon Islands in December 2007?” Unfortunately, he missed the whole point of…
Manedika: We are now living out the legacy our founder left behind. It’s hard to imagine Solomon Islands Development Trust (SIDT) moving forward without the presence and guidance of its late founder Dr John Roughan. But three months on after Roughan’s passing last October, SIDT director Longden Manedika said they are now living out the…
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, most commonly caused by a viral infection. There are five main hepatitis viruses, referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. These five types are of greatest concern because of the burden of illness and death they cause and the potential for outbreaks and epidemic spread.…
A: Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The virus interferes with the functions of the liver and activates the immune system, which produces a specific reaction to combat the virus. As a consequence of pathological damage, the liver becomes inflamed. A small percentage of infected people cannot get rid of the…