Health

THE Australian Federal Police (AFP), through its partnership program with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), has supported the introduction of a maternity uniform for RSIPF female officers. Funding support from the RSIPF-AFP Policing...

THE National Referral Hospital yesterday took delivery of a mammography machine from the Solomon Islands Maritime Authority, SIMA. The machine, worth more than SBD1.2 million dollars, is funded by SIMA under its Community Engagement...

DOCTORS, clinical nurses, and midwives from the National Referral Hospital (NRH), Honiara City Council (HCC), and Guadalcanal Province (GP) participated in a three-day’ workshop on Strengthening the Health Care Response to Violence Against Women,...

SEIF PLES Gender Based Violence Crisis Centre is proud to announce a significant milestone in its mission to combat gender-based violence with the commissioning of the SAFENET Hotline 132 Minimum Standards and Guidelines. This marks...

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU MANY women in the country are often visiting the Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood Association to seek advises on family planning and contraceptive methods. Solomon Island Parenthood Association’s (SIPPA) Community-Based Educator and Distributor, Silas...

BY JOY OFASIA Jericho II community successfully held a speech competition based on the topic of Waste Management over the weekend at Jericho II community. Speaking during the event, Mr Hendy Kaniki Jericho II Community Development...

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU WHEN aged 29, June Melanie Pelomo started experiencing continuous severe lower back and hip bone pain with abnormal bleeding when she was initially working at a meat company called Teys Australia Beenleigh...

30-year-old June Melanie Pelomo from the remote region of Choiseul Province in the Solomon Islands diagnosed with Uterine (Womb) Cancer has shared a heart-breaking picture and story as part of her awareness that she...

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU TO become successful as an entrepreneur you must believe in yourself, build trustworthiness with yourself, your people, and your customers, never give up despite the hardship, and always try new ways and...

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Ahetaha Water Conservation successfully completed training on Village and Community WASH Bottleneck Analysis Manual for 12 communities from 26th to 27th December 2022. About 27 participants or representatives from Foulofo, Waima’aka, Kanata,...