THE overcrowding at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara is reportedly worsening. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Dr Tenneth Dalipanda revealed this yesterday during a ceremony to officially open the newly refurbished Labour ward. NRH Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr Rooney Jagilly adds that this is due to the exponential increase in the country’s population and diseases. Dr Jagilly pointed out that the issue stems from the fact that the hospital facilities remain the same while the number of patients and staff continue to increase. He furthers that the National Referral Hospital also faces a lot of infrastructure challenges due to lack of technical facilities. “The problem we are facing now is lack of space
GUADALCANAL CITREC graduates Amelia Muse and Careka Volly are on their way to Canada both as food supervisors for an international fast-food restaurant chain. This time their employment in Canada is not seasonal but for a complete
YOUTH@WORK (Y@W) together with UN Peacebuilding Fund project (UNPBF), implemented by UNDP and UN Women, officially launched a partnership to train more than 100 youth from informal settlements around Honiara
DOCUMENTS obtained by Island Sun have revealed businessman Patrick Wong surrendered its claim over Russell Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL) parcels of land in 2011. Levers Solomon Ltd also surrendered
THE Government has reportedly axed its national consultant on education and health. Jennifer Fugui – wife of the Minister for Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) Dr John Fugui –
SOUTH Guadalcanal Member of Parliament, David Day Pacha’s recent revelation of a ‘secret’ meeting with a controversial Asian miner has come under fire from the people of south Guadalcanal constituency.
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) have been reminded that citizens of the country have the ability to hold them accountable in order to have a transparent, thriving and robust democracy. Leader
RULING on the case against three men alleged to have set fire to five excavators in Rennell Island will be made in the Honiara Magistrate Court today. A Defence lawyer
CASE against a woman charged for stealing more than SBD20, 000.00 from the Solomon Islands Government will appear again in court today. This is for the schedule of a new
AUSTRALIA has voiced their concern over the treatment made on applications from Australian mining companies in the Solomon Islands. Australian Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Hon Keith Pitt
