May 3rd each year is a date which ‘World Press Freedom Day’ is celebrated. Its a time to commemorate the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise…
DO you notice that Honiara City gets dirtier every year? The ever-growing and widening potholes which turn into “lakes” overtime on our roads simply amplify the ugly image of our city. So whose responsibility is it to keep our city clean all year round? Is it the Honiara City Council? Is it the national government?…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Vessel (RSIPV) AUKI left the country yesterday for its final resting place in Australia. A brief farewell ceremony was held yesterday at the Mbokona Bay Patrol Boat base for the final time before midday. RSIPV AUKI is leaving the country for good after serving the country for 30 successful years.…
Dear Editor – The fourth USP campus is seen as a very important government project in the Solomon Islands. A $15.4 million ADB concessional loan, together with an ADB-administered grant of $1.5 million from the Clean Energy Fund, will finance the new campus. The USP Honiara Campus will provide additional classrooms, an ICT studio, science…
TODAY is International Women’s Day. It’s a day celebrated on March 8 worldwide to acknowledge the gains women have made over the years and to bring to light the issues many still face. In Honiara and other provincial centres today, women’s groups have organised street parades to mark the day. The theme for this year’s…
FORMER Police Commissioner, Frank Short shares his view on how Solomon Islands has benefitted from the Australian Defence Cooperation Program. In his word, Solomon Islands has greatly benefitted for more than 30 years and more from the Australian Defence cooperation agreement with Australia which has seen the delivery of maritime patrol vessels to the Royal…
We ended this week on a high note. After years of discussions, a false start, and so on, the green light has finally been given for the Solomon Islands to host the 4th Campus of the University of the South Pacific – a very important national project. Construction work will soon begin. China’s State-owned Enterprise…
IN 2019 a 22-year-old Solomon Islander diagnosed with type 2 diabetes presented to the eye clinic with eye complications of diabetes called neovascularization retinopathy, a severe form of diabetic retinopathy. Her family was able to send her to Australia at that time for the urgent treatment of the blinding eye condition in a desperate bid…
DO we have traffic police within the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF)? If so, who is in charge and what does the public expect of them? There are many other questions that need to be asked of the traffic police as well as the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, which is responsible for the maintenance…
Dear Editor – Domestic tourism was on the agenda at the Tourism Summit being held at the Honiara Heritage Park Hotel last Friday. I feel sure the issue of a resumption of international travel have come up for discussion given the losses the local travel industry has suffered since the onset of Covid-19 across the world,…