THE Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) remains committed to delivering Sape Farm and Varivao Holdings Ltd National Food Bank projects despite budget pressures brought to by the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the National Food Bank project, MAL to support the construction of pack houses as storage rooms for Cassava root crops for…
The act of corruption in the highest offices of the government is the reason for poor service delivery throughout the provinces of Solomon Islands. A well-known local activist from the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI), Lawrence Makili Kepangi highlighted this during a public gathering in Auki last Friday. During the event, the Malaita public was given…
By Ashley Wickham Those who watched his state funeral heard the official story of his life and about his many significant contributions and accomplishments in his public life. What more can be said of this wonderful man? Plenty! and his many friends can tell you more. Here are some of what I know of this…
After their first job at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Unit at the National Referral Hospital, the NRH management requested Chengs Company again to fix the main door of the Outpatient department. The job was to install a new door at the main entrance of the Outpatient department. Last week a new vasa door was…
NRH patients with diabetic condition ‘ignored’ by government Patients with diabetes and other lifestyle diseases say they are suffering in silence at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) because the government has turned its attention away to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, up to six people, including younger ones, die every day from lifestyle diseases,…
Dear Editor – The recent documents posted in the island sun by Steven Maki in response to Wilson Maemae’s call for him to produce legal documents to validate his call for Maemae and Rence Sore to resign from their post, is evidently to the extent that I can agree that the call for Maemae and…
YOU would be forgiven for accepting what the police said about the Mbike Shooting case in 2014. Five people were arrested in 2015 in connection with the shooting and arson attack a year early on the Sun Express boat – a fast boat that transported 17 newly-elected MPs to Mbike resort on Gela, Central Islands…
FORMER Member of Parliament (MP) for South Choiseul Constituency, Elijah Doro Muala has passed on Tuesday this week, following a long illness, it was reported. Late Elijah Doro Muala was born on January 20, 1960, in Sasamugga Village, Choiseul. His career in national politics began when he was elected to the Parliament of Solomon Islands as a…
THE man who was reported to have caused public nuisance and threats to the Firiana community in East Kwaio, Malaita Province has been arrested by Auki Police during an early morning raid early on Friday. He is now being remanded at the Auki Police station. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Malaita Province Inspector Stanley Riolo…
THE recently won and signed bid by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and a release concept of the proposed international terminal to be built in Munda is slowly ranking positivity among locals. “There has been much talk about the need to develop Munda airstrip and the major part of it was graciously done by…