IT is heartening to know the government is working on a new appointment for our diplomatic mission in Beijing, China. It shows, among other things, the importance the government attaches to our growing relations with the People’s Republic of China, PRC for short. China is a very important strategic partner in development. Its good intention…
Goodbye 2022 your gone foreverIn the recorded history forevermoreIn times immemorial For the things undone was undone You come with a new face and a new pageAs clean as the crystal river and clear as a new ageFor in moving forward life is growing brighter for the youngBut growing dimmer and dim for the age A…
By His Excellency, Li MingAmbassador of the PRC Solomon Islands On the New Year’s Day of 2023, many people in China, like people in Solomon Islands, have enjoyed peaceful New Year celebrations. Young people were cheering in front of the New Year’s countdown board, screaming in the bright fireworks, and praying when the New Year’s…
Dear Editor, It has been brought to my notice that the Atoifi Hospital in the Uru District of East Kwaio in Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands – a 90 bed hospital facility built in the early 60’s and currently serving a local population exceeding 80,000 people of all ages and degrees of infirmity and…
Part 1 By Mr. Frank Zhou, Team Leader of China Medical Team in NRH of Solomon Islands Dear readers of Solomon Islands, the 1st China Medical Team in Solomon Islands has worked in National Referral Hospital for over 9 months. Over this period, we acquired a good understanding of the public hospital system in this…
DEAR EDITOR, Many in the Solomon Islands are at their own villages and communities during Christmas and spend time away until early in the New Year. I previously wrote about the need for safety at sea when travelling and reproduce my previously letter in the hope the message will be heeded and we will avoid…
Today, Sunday is a day of reflection for me and my thoughts are especially focused on the health needs of Solomon Islanders, as they are most days, and especially as my efforts to raise financial support for causes I hold dear and important are not producing the results they once did when material aid was…
Dear Editor, Who in his right mind in SI would swallow such an entitlement? Common! SI. Where are we? Tuesday’s papers followed by various FB posts revealed: The 50 members of Parliament are allocated an extra $4.5 million on top of the $3 million under National Parliament, to refer them for medical treatment abroad ……
ALL good people of Solomon Islands, at midnight tonight, this year 2022, will come to an end. And we thank God for what the year has been to all of us. We must acknowledge, however, that the year was full of health issues, economic challenges, struggles and difficulties. But through the love and goodness of…
A commentary By MOFFAT MAMU THE 2022 festive season and the arrival of 2023 have been celebrated with much excitement. December is always a time when many working people and students look forward to having a well-deserved break after 11 months of stress and hard work. Most often head to their villages to be united…