Unique Cultural Designs on Custom Clothing: Preserving Heritage
Frank Short 05-Sep-2025
A cultural motif is not only a decorative pattern; it is a language of images that expresses values and narratives, revealing what they are. UNESCO haThe Art of Handcrafted Fashion: Celebrating Traditional Techniques in Modern Design
Frank Short 24-Jun-2025
The world is becoming more interested in handmade fashion, and whenever a group of people has local techniques, such as the Solomon Islands, the abiliHow to Pack Smart: Essential Gear for Professionals on the Go
Frank Short 26-May-2025
Smart packing for professionals focuses on efficiency, versatility, and organization. Start with a carry-on bag that fits airline requirements and isThe Art of Custom Apparel How Unique Designs Bring Communities Together
Frank Short 11-Apr-2025
The Art of Custom Apparel How Unique Designs Bring Communities TogetherThe Ultimate Guide to Durable and Stylish Gear for Modern Professionals on the Go
Frank Short 25-Mar-2025
The Ultimate Guide to Durable and Stylish Gear for Modern Professionals on the GoHow to Stay Organized and Protected While Traveling for Work or Leisure
Frank Short 17-Mar-2025
How to Stay Organized and Protected While Traveling for Work or LeisureFrom Tapa Cloth to Modern Attire The Evolution of Solomon Islands Fashion
Frank Short 14-Mar-2025
From Tapa Cloth to Modern Attire The Evolution of Solomon Islands Fashion5 Essential Uniform Accessories for Your Next Solomon Islands Adventure
Frank Short 27-Feb-2025
5 Essential Uniform Accessories for Your Next Solomon Islands AdventureBeautiful Solomon Islands Photo Google Images
Frank Short 28-Oct-2024
Beautiful Solomon Islands. (Photo - Google Images.Threat or not?
Threat or not? 28-Sep-2024
China's decision to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean is "concerning", the foreign affairs minister aThreat to my personal website www.solomonislandsinfocus.com
Frank Short 28-Sep-2024
I created and registered the domain of my personal website www.solomonislandsinfocus.com in 2014 as a friend of the Solomon Islands and to bring to thCrisis at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara must be given priority attention.
Frank Short 10-Sep-2024
Coming on top of already bad news about a drugs shortage and an operating theatre having largely suspended operations because of the critical drugs shIncreased interest by global powers for influence in the Solomon Islands and how as Australia and New Zealand so far reacted
Frank Short 09-Sep-2024
Just after the last General Election in the Solomon Islands, Dr. Lincy Pendeverana, Head of the Department of Geography at the Solomon Islands NationaFinally, the SI Fire Service is to get own headquarters and operational base.
Frank Short 09-Sep-2024
InDepth Solomons reported the World Bank is funding the project under the Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project which is being funded by a US$30The passive and influential role of the RSIPF Police Band in community trust and support
Frank Short 06-Sep-2024
In 2010 when I was in good health, I had the chance to return to the Solomon Islands when I presented a lengthy report to the members of the then TrutSolomon Islands tackles imported food risks
Frank Short 05-Sep-2024
TWO vital workshops on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for imported food products were recently as part of enhancing food safety in the countryAn envisaged Aud 250 million infrastructure development plan outlined for the Solomon Islands.
Frank Short 04-Sep-2024
GNUT invests AUD 250M into infrastructures development in strategic move to create a conducive investment environmentSuccessful training course for rangers of the Babatana Rainforest Conservation Area.
Frank Short 04-Sep-2024
The Solomon Star newspaper yesterday reported on a recently conducted a training progrmme for rangers of the Babatana Rainforest Conservation Area inProposed Pacific Policing Initiative and the call for National Consultations.
Frank Short 03-Sep-2024
he Pacific Policing Initiative (PPI) endorsed at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting in Tonga last week needs "national consultation&Solomon Islands only Referral Hospital suspends its operating theatre due to a shortage of essential medical supplies.
Solomon Islands only Referral Hospital suspends its operating theatre due to a shortage of essential medical supplies. 02-Sep-2024
A high-level Government delegation comprising ministers and backbenchers will leave the country this weekend for various strategic engagements in AustProcrastination on climate change is the thief of time in relation to the needs of the Solomon Islands.
Frank Short 31-Aug-2024
The CHOGM meeting in Suva has ended and a final length communique issued which emphasised solidarity in the face of the many challenges confronting thClimate change and sea rise in the Solomon Islands and will there be solutions to the ever growing crisis?
Frank Short 30-Aug-2024
CHOGM – customarily held every two years – is the Commonwealth’s primary political meeting and is presently in session in Suva, theAustralia given the lead by the USA for a AU$400 million dollar Pacific Policing Initiative for Pacific countries.
Australia given the lead by the USA for a AU$400 million dollar Pacific Policing Initiative for Pacific countries. 29-Aug-2024
Australia given the lead by the USA for a AU$400 million dollar Pacific Policing Initiative for Pacific countries.Hold fast to the Christian Religion Values and tradtions in the Solomon Islands
Hold fast to the Christian Religion Values and tradtions in the Solomon Islands 28-Aug-2024
As I have now succumbed to old age and infirmity, I am troubled by traditional Christian values, practices and traditions I see as under threat in somLatest Novel from Frank Short, CBE
Latest Novel from Frank Short, CBE 28-Aug-2024
Latest Novel from Frank Short, CBENCDs in the Solomon Islands
NCDs in the Solomon Islands 28-Aug-2024
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic lung diseases are the leading cause of death in Solomon IThe very real danger of unexploded ordinance in the Solomon Islands nearly 80 years after WW2
Frank Short 28-Aug-2024
More than 200 unexploded ordnances have been removed from a school site in Solomon Islands.Solomon Islands seeks to boost its police numbers 26 years after earlier efforts failed and in different political and geo-political circumstances
Frank Short 02-Jul-2024
The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands has requested assistance from his Australian counterpart to expand the Solomon Islands' police force byContinue to Support the Royal British Legion in the United Kingdom
Frank Short 15-Jun-2024
General Elections are an important opportunity for us to ensure that the next UK Government pledge their support for the Armed Forces community.While remembering the dead in all wars this weekend, I was honouring the peace they gave us. Lest we forget.
Frank Short 12-Nov-2023
When serving in the Solomon Islands I initiated an annual Remembrance Service at Rove when wreaths were laid to the fallen at the statute of Sir Jacob11 million funding as humanitarian aid promised me for the Solomon Islands but
Frank Short 15-Oct-2023
Last week I went to the office of a lawyer in Bangkok where I signed an Agreement for 11 million US dollars to be sent to me via my personal bank accoGenuine efforts to voluntarily help the Solomon Islands being frustrated by scammers and an abuse of a free press
Frank Short 27-Sep-2023
After more than 27 years of trying to remain a good friend of the Solomon Islands by providing substantial medical equipment and supplies in previousSolomon Islands Constitution provides for a free press
Frank Short 21-Sep-2023
My rights to post my articles on the Solomon Islands Facebook page which I have done for many, many years have been blocked and all my posts have beenIs the erosion. of a free press becoming the reality in the SI predicted more than a year ago?
Frank Short 18-Sep-2023
At the end of April, a reporter and a cameraman stood outside the national parliament in Honiara. They were trying to film the Solomon Islands prime mA free press in the Solomon Islands today
Frank Short 17-Sep-2023
After many, many years of having my own letters, and posts that I referred from reputable publications world-wide mainly dealing with health issues anTransforming health services should have been a national priority in the Solomon Islands
Frank Short 05-Sep-2023
The Solomon Islands will soon be hosting the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara which, although a relatively short-term event, I hope it will have lastingAn assessed need for mercy medical ships to service the Solomon Islands
Frank Short 23-Aug-2023
I have frequently posted on Linkedin stories of the voyages to Fiji and its remote outer islands and waters of New Zealand's medical mercy ship tIt is often said there are two sides to every story
Frank Short 22-Aug-2023
The handing ceremony was held at the national sports stadium at the King George Sixth Westend Sports Park.Preparing for a Digital Future in relation to education, skills and employment in the Solomon Islands.
Frank Short 21-Aug-2023
As the world changes, so does the need for certain jobs. A look through history shows the evolution of the workforce, from manual labour to factory woIll-considered military intervention by the RSIPF after mid1999 using guns during the so called 'Ethnic Tension
Frank Short 20-Aug-2023
ker a peace settlement to the uprising in the Solomon Islands that first began in late 1998, and the government had offered to make a SBD$2.5 millionNRH reported to without essential medical consumable supplies
Frank Short 12-Aug-2023
A report published in the Solomon Star yesterday by long-time journalist and writer, Alfred Sasko, gave some disturbing news relating to the operationA plea for sick children at the NRH reportedly suffering from heart conditions to be medically evacuated to Fiji for specialist treatment.
Frank Short 11-Aug-2023
I am concerned about the number of sick children at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara reliably reported to be suffering from a variety oPolicing a Clash of Cultures." a book telling the true story of events in the SI from late "98 to mid. '99
Frank Short 10-Aug-2023
The debate this week in the National Parliament when the finkdings of the SI Truth and Reconciliation Commission was debated has opened up many old woThe TRC report and my response to it
Frank Short 08-Aug-2023
This week the Solomon Islands Parliament began discussing the Truth and Reconciliation Report which took place after the so named "Ethnic TensionWHO and UNDP US$17.85 million Global Environment Facility Funded Project supporting Climate resilient Heath systems
Frank Short 07-Aug-2023
The WHO and UNDP have launched a US$17.85 million Global Environment Facility-funded project supporting climate resilient health systems in Kiribati,Indirect sponsorship of the NRH from ticket sales at the Pacific Games 2023
Frank Short 05-Aug-2023
The Solomon Islands will soon be the proud hosts of the Pacific Games and I have read many organizations, business firms and local industry has alreadA mother with five children needs help
Frank Short 04-Aug-2023
s about what had occurred to Mrs Sillia Geu from Kunu near Auki in Malaita.Quoting the newspaper piece, Wil
There are better ways to win hearts and minds
Frank Short 02-Aug-2023
It is claimed that a July 2022 draft funding proposal from the Solomon Star to China's embassy in Honiara in which the paper requestedVisit to Honiara by Lydia Cook, from the Diocese of Exeter, UK
Frank Short 19-Jul-2023
Lydia Cook, from the Diocese of Exeter, made her first visit to Solomon in May, as part of MMUK’s Placement Programme. Here Lydia reflectsBank account opened in Honiara for the safe deposit of funds to help sick children get help with medical treatment and possibly surgery
Frank Short 14-Jul-2023
In the past few days, I wrote saying how Dr Ludawane of the National Referral Hospital (NRH) had appealed for funds to transfer 6 children from the NRSuffer The Little Children
Frank Short 12-Jul-2023
I pen this brief letter today on what would have been my only son's 51st birthday had he not succumbed to the strain and pressure of his work inAn appeal to help Si children to undergo life saving surgery in FIJI
Frank Short 10-Jul-2023
I share the following story from the Solomon Star News in the hope it will touch the hearts of many local people and those overseas who read my postsSolomon Islands Celebrates 45 years of Independence
Frank Short 07-Jul-2023
I extend my congratulations and good wishes to all in the Solomon Islands as the country celebrates 45years of independenceSenior officers of the then RSIP at Rove in April 1999
Frank Short 29-Jun-2023
I wrote quite recently how the incumbent police commissioner of the RSIPF has taken to wearing a white uniform shirt on the style I first issued to seEnquiry about a beautiful hand carving of a turtle crafted in the Solomon Islands between 30 to 40 years ago.
Frank Short 27-Jun-2023
I have a wood carving that was acquired by my close friend while on a scuba diving trip at a remote island within the Solomon Island chain. It was acqSolomon Islands has ratified the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. Funding should now be sought
Frank Short 26-Jun-2023
I am very pleased to know the Solomon Islands Government has now ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabiThe reintroduction of a white uniform shirt first worn by senior officers of the then RSIP in 1998/99.
Quoting Radio New Zealand 25-Jun-2023
More than two decades ago when I took over command of the then Solomon Islands Police Force (SIPF) public trust in the local police force was low, exaFiji foundation reported to be helping Solomon Islands children with treatment for rheumatic heart disease
Frank Short 20-May-2023
Last week I wrote a letter highlighting the need for patients at the Solomon Islands National Referral Hospital (NRH) suffering from rheumatic heart dThe Needs of RHD patients in the Solomon Islands needing urgent attention
Quoting Radio New Zealand 11-May-2023
It was a few weeks ago that Dr. Jimmy Rodgers, the Secretary to the Prime Minister, told us that the medical evacuation plans for sick patients of theThe second largest school in Malaita Province has closed its doors indefinitely due to pressure from landowners, it has been revealed.
Quoting Radio New Zealand 07-May-2023
Kwarea Community High School (CHS) in West Kwara’ae with a population of over 900 students, the second highest number of student enrolment in MaLessons of service, subservience to the teaching of the Christian faith, putting oneself before others and the principles of democracy
Frank Short 06-May-2023
Yesterday, just as I did in June 1953, at the coronation of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, I watched the sacred moments of King Charles III coroSolomon Airlines Assists Pikinini Heart Foundation in Life Saving Treatments Overseas
Frank Short 22-Apr-2023
Solomon Airlines has added its support to the important work of the The Pikinini Heart Foundation, a Solomon Islands NGO comprised of local doctors anEaster services in the Solomon Islands this year
Frank Short 09-Apr-2023
I question the reason for such an omission in a deeply Christian country?Improved education the key to better understanding of national concerns, debate and participation
Frank Short 07-Apr-2023
Improved education the key to better understanding of national concerns, debate and participationConsider SI’s orchids as an export commodity
Frank Short 04-Apr-2023
Brisbane and the Australian markets are but a 3 or so flying hours away where I am pretty confident locally grown orchids would find eager buyers.Solomon Islands future leaders
Frank Short 02-Apr-2023
The present leadership will have gone, just as many of the leaders I knew 20 to 25 years ago, have also passed on.RECOGNITION OF FAITHFUL SERVICE
Frank Short 01-Apr-2023
Much has also been recorded and published about the forthcoming Pacific Games soon to hosted in Honiara in November,Subtle change in reporting style
Frank Short 31-Mar-2023
My switch to reporting on medical issues is not only because of my primary concerns for the health issues of the people of the Solomon IslandsLawson Tama had a reputation as a hotbed for potential rioters in past years
Frank Short 30-Mar-2023
Some arrests were made at the scene the persons placed in custody.Crisis management evidenced in the Solomon Islands to essentially allow for the Pacific Games but a warning from the IMF on spending for the Games
Frank Short 27-Mar-2023
There were also 211 people with Covid-19 in hospital as of midnight Sunday, with seven cases in ICU.Scammers and fraudsters are targeting Christians and those working to help good causes.
Frank Short 26-Mar-2023
Abi Thomas is an award-winning podcast and radio producer and host of ‘The HopefulPreventing the incidences of NCDs in in the Solomon Islands must be urgently addressed
Frank Short 19-Mar-2023
Modifiable behaviours, such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and the harmful use of alcohol, all increase the risk of NCDs.Improving SI's health services to meet the health needs of a growing population.
Frank Short 19-Mar-2023
To realize the benefits of quality health care, health services must be:A mammogram machine likely for the NRH's Cancer Unit.
Frank Short 19-Mar-2023
Breast screening using a mammogrram machine. Google images.A levelling of health benefits and health services beneficial to all.
Frank Short 18-Mar-2023
I feel obliged to bring this information to the notice of the government as requested by those who have written to me.Former armed combatants come together making demands of the government.
Frank Short 16-Mar-2023
I am prepared to send a free copy of the manuscript to any local news editor wishing to publish the true story.Trainers deployed to teach sign language
Frank Short 14-Mar-2023
Meke has completed his visit to trainers at Gizo who have been facilitating workshops on sign language at Gizo and Titiana.Forging closer ties with India, especially in regard to medical evacuations.
Frank Short 14-Mar-2023
Source. Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.India's increasing role in the Pacific should be an occasion for health sharing with the Solomon Islands.
Frank Short 13-Mar-2023
He said, their discussion focused on the upcoming big event.Limited funds to transfer sick patients offshore for medical treatment.
Frank Short 13-Mar-2023
MHMS said it acknowledges the many calls and concerns raised by the public to have these services available in the country.The cries of the people
Frank Short 12-Mar-2023
I will outline the genuine concerns as I have received them, as both questions and demands.Easing the grief for parents when their child is still born.
Frank Short 11-Mar-2023
ho died of a sudden heart attack last June in Singapore when only 49 years.My grief is very difficult to deal with all of the t
