Dear Editor – I continue to monitor news about cancer treatment knowing as I do about the prevalence of cancer in the Solomon Islands, particular breast cancer and cervical cancer in women and teenage girls. I would like to share with readers in the Solomon Islands and my friends in the medical profession at the…
Transparency Solomon Islands calls on the Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. Jimmy Rogers to retract his statement on the reversal of the Covid-19 Community Transmission. That statement is irresponsible and is not in the interest of the fight against Covid-19 community transmission, nor is supported by any systematic, systemic collected data or mass swabbing or…
Dear Editor – Mammograms are help to help save lives. But what is the situation at the NRH’S cancer unit today? For women at average risk, screening mammograms should be performed annually beginning at age 40 to check the breasts for any early signs of breast cancer. If you have a higher risk of breast…
Dear Editor – My website www.solomonislandsinfocus.com which I had designed and launched in 2014 to help and promote the Solomon Islands internationally features a pictorial display of exquisite wood carvings by talented work carvers in the Solomons. This week I received an inquiry from a potential buyer of carvings of yellow fish and sharks. If any…
PEOPLE of Shortlands in Western Province, Isabel and Malaita expects to enjoy improved telecommunication service by mid this year thanks to the tax payers and government of Australia. A total of six telecommunication towers that will help to improve communication between our islands will be constructed soon. This new towers will cost Australia close to…
Dear Editor – Now is the time for all committed individual humans to come to the aid of their country, and that is, planet earth, because, earth, is essentially, one country but during eons of our evolution we became sidetracked, lost, like sheep in our mental wilderness, of a flat-earth with, diverse looking, multiple societies, neither…
SOLOMON Islands has taken the stand to join 141 member countries of the United Nations this week to condemn Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The country’s stand comes as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues to rage on. Lives have been lost, families separated, millions displaced and are fleeing for their lives to nearby…
AS positive cases in Honiara continue to show signs of slowing down, it’s the rural communities that we are concern with because they are now are likely to be hit hard with increased number of cases. Over the past days there have been increased recorded cases in our provinces and rural communities. Already, there are…
Even though the war in Ukraine is half a world away, its effects are felt in the Pacific The Federated States of Micronesia acted swiftly, in cutting off diplomatic relations with Russia, in response to “an unjustified and brutal assault” on Ukraine. The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum has also issued a statement condemning…
COVID-19 has brought a lot challenges to the country. One that is imminent now is the sudden increases of goods price in our provincial and rural-based shops. Already in the provincial urban centres they are seeing sudden sky-rocketing of price goods at many shops. In Western Province within a month a big bag of rice…