Japan provides a new classroom for Katova community high shool
Frank Short 18-Sep-2021
JAPAN’s Grassroots and Human Security Project continue to touch the lives of the rural populace as Samasodu village in Isabel received a nFiji Govt outlines strategy to reopen borders
Frank Short 17-Sep-2021
Despite daily reports of Covid-19 infections in the community, with an increase in cases on the remote islands, Fiji's Government is pressing aheNationwide implementation of newly updated IPC guideline set to commence
Frank Short 17-Sep-2021
Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) measures and standards in health facilities are critical towards prevention of any infectious diseases amongstPromised jobs
Frank Short 17-Sep-2021
In his inimitable style of writing Samson Sade writing in today’s Solomon Times 0nline poses a pertinent question I imagine he is not alone in tCBSI to be better networked thanks to AUSTRAC’s gifting of video conferencing equipment
Frank Short 17-Sep-2021
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) will be better networked with other Pacific FIUs and better able to combaDCGA Government reported to focus next year on delivering tangible development for the whole country
Frank Short 17-Sep-2021
After several weeks of being unable to access the Solomon Star website while overseas, I finally managed it today, albeit with a different webpage styConserving Onogou Island and its cultural heritage
Frank Short 16-Sep-2021
The Nomi Teiga Conservation group consisting of Gao speaking people from Isabel Province have established a platform to conserve Onogou Island.Talk of vaccinations and vaccination targets
Frank Short 16-Sep-2021
“When it came to vaccination rates there was no magic number at present.The Ote Clinic, South Malaita nearing completion
Frank Short 16-Sep-2021
The Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) funded clinic project at Ote (ward 22) in the Small Malaita constituency is nearing completion.Pacific media leaders virtual conference
Frank Short 16-Sep-2021
A two-day virtual knowledge sharing session for Pacific Media CEOs and Owners on reporting on integrity and Anti-Corruption in the Pacific officiallyFacebook and SICCI Host Workshop to Support the Pacific Digital Economy
Frank Short 15-Sep-2021
Facebook, in partnership with the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), will bring a free digital skills training programme to HonPM Scott Morrison's Covid-19 lockdown exit plan has a big stumbling block
Frank Short 15-Sep-2021
After being pummelled for months over the vaccine "stroll-out" and wearing at least some of the blame for never-ending lockdowns, it'sNZ Government urged to buy 'game changer' Covid-19 drug treatment
Frank Short 15-Sep-2021
In New Zealand, the government is being asked to quickly approve and buy a type of drug that can fire up the immune system of people already sic‘Youth4Pacific: Pre-COP Gathering’
Frank Short 15-Sep-2021
In just over a week, young Pacific people worldwide will convene at the ‘Youth4Pacific: Pre-COP Gathering’–the largest mobilisationHow Can We Improve Our Vaccination Rates?
Frank Short 15-Sep-2021
The Solomon Times Online today posed the question and published this article, which I quotePiano Association of Solomon Islands (PASI) – An update on the Association and achievements of the students
Frank Short 14-Sep-2021
The Piano Association of the Solomon Islands (PASI) is continuing to give music education and music training to the talented young musicians that areProposed Reform of the Australian Seasonal Workers Programme
Frank Short 14-Sep-2021
The Australian government is calling it a "new era" for Pacific worker programs as it announces reforms to the scheme designed to reduce redCentral Field Hospital Returns to Being a COVID-19 Isolation Ward
Frank Short 14-Sep-2021
The Ministry of Health says the Central Field Hospital (CFH) will now return to being used as the COVID-19 isolation ward, to safely isolate and managMHMS Launch Project Management Unit (PMU) to Implement COVID-19 SBD$40 Million Emergency Response Project
Frank Short 14-Sep-2021
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has established and launched its Project Management Unit (PMU), to commence the implementation of tInternational Literacy Day celebrated in Siesie Village
Frank Short 13-Sep-2021
On Wednesday, 8 September, hundreds of newly literate people gathered at Foubaba Community School in West Kwaio, to celebrateSolomon Islands primary pupils are performing well regionally
Frank Short 13-Sep-2021
Solomon Islands primary pupils are performing well in the regional Pacific Islands and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) compared to other Pacific Islands cVaccination leading to a longer term strategy for cornonavirus
Frank Short 12-Sep-2021
Reading online this weekend some interesting facts in a publication titled, ‘The Conversation,”Education Support Programme sees visit of two diplomats to West Kwaio
Frank Short 11-Sep-2021
Two West Kwaio communities in Malaita Province last week hosted Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners.Re-opening of borders – some general commentary and Doherty Modelling Institute
Frank Short 11-Sep-2021
Last week in the Solomon Islands, the Hon Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said,Hepatitis B the sixth most common cause of death at the NRH
Frank Short 11-Sep-2021
Dr. Jackson Rakei National Program Director of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services confirmed this during World Hepatitis Day today in HoniaraSolomon Water awarded a $16m water project to Australian based international consultants
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
Solomon Water has awarded a $16m contract to Australian-based international consultants SMEC International Pty. Ltd. to implement the second phase ofAlternative forest products a must for the Solomon Island
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
We will have to work on alternative commodities from our forests, either to add from the current reliance or fill in the gap that round log export wilAustralia continues to support education in the Solomon Islands
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
The Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency, Dr Lachlan Strahan says education in Solomon Islands is one of many sectors Austr160 Workers Fly to Australia today as Seasonal Workers in Queensland
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
Good news for rural families, 160 workers are bound for Australia today to work in Queensland under the Seasonal Work Program (SWP) and the Pacific LaAustralia assures commitment to Bina Harbour
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
According to the Island Sun newspaper, Australia is sticking with the Bina Harbour project.SI Samoa Community Donates chairs to the National Referral Hospital
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
The Solomon Island Samoa Community has assisted the National Referral Hospital (NRH) with aluminum chairs and cleaning detergents through a charity doSI Samoa Community Donates chairs to the National Referral Hospital
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
The Solomon Island Samoa Community has assisted the National Referral Hospital (NRH) with aluminum chairs and cleaning detergents through a charity doPlans in Place to Reopen Border
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
“We must aim to achieve between 80 - 100% vaccination coverage of our eligible population", Prime Minister SogavareCOVID Effect on Business Investment and Expansion
Frank Short 10-Sep-2021
Uncertainty remains one of the biggest challenge businesses operating in the Solomon Islands face during this COVID-19 global pandemic.Solomon Islands at the top in literacy and numeracy
Frank Short 09-Sep-2021
SOLOMON Islands is sitting at the top in the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA).Line Project to 141 homes in Central Guadalcanal
Frank Short 09-Sep-2021
The Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) and Solomon Power today signed a SBD$6.7 million agreement for the construction of anAustralia Provides Laptops to Support Skills Training at Tabaka Rural Training Centre
Frank Short 09-Sep-2021
Australia recently provided 20 laptops and associated accessories to Tabaka Rural Training Centre in the Western Province to ensure access to skills tDr Janella Solomon Appointed NRH MS
Frank Short 09-Sep-2021
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is pleased to announce that the newly appointed Medical Superintendent of the National Referral HosDBSI launches low-interest credit line facility for MSME’s
Frank Short 07-Sep-2021
The Development Bank of Solomon Islands (DBSI) has launched a low-interest credit line facility for micro, small and medium enterprises in the SolomonWhat messages about the Covid-19 pandemic in Fiji have relevance in neighboring countries like the Solomon Islands?
Frank Short 07-Sep-2021
One important message can be found in a piece in the Fiji Sun by Inoke Rabonu when he commented.Appreciation of World Vision’s commitment in the SI to serving children and youths
Frank Short 06-Sep-2021
World Vision Solomon Islands is committed to continue serving the children of South Malaita region through its projectsEnrollment in a Rural Vocational Training Centres (RTC) has been a life changer for a Malaitan youth
Frank Short 06-Sep-2021
The talented team of freelance journalists writing for the Solomon Times Online constantly brings us “true life” stories of the strugglesNo room for complacency as COVID-19 alert measures still in effect at the NRH
Frank Short 06-Sep-2021
Dr George Malefoasi, NRH Chief Executive Officer (CEO) explained that the undertaking is crucial for the hospital’s preparedness and actual respAppointment of CEO of 2023 Pacific Games
Frank Short 06-Sep-2021
Quoting Radio New Zealand – 6 September 2021Is there a moral duty in SI to take the Covid vaccines given the nature of the pandemic and its consequences, personal, social, and economic?
Frank Short 06-Sep-2021
Fiji reported 253 new cases and three deaths on Friday.News from Fiji warns of a new Covid variant reportedly more transmissible than the deadly Delta
Frank Short 06-Sep-2021
The news relayed by Radio New Zealand this morning, Saturday, says.Covid-19 in Australia: 1533 cases in NSW, 190 in Victoria
Frank Short 06-Sep-2021
According to the latest news relayed by Radio New Zealand, New South Wales has recorded 1533 new locally acquired cases on Covid-19 and four deaths.US Correctional Service Centre’s aquaponics greenhouse grows lettuce and gives back to the community
Frank Short 06-Sep-2021
In the USA in Pittsfield. a large greenhouse at the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office’s Correctional Service Centre is filled with thousanThe plight of Honiara residents during lockdown
Frank Short 03-Sep-2021
Writing in today’s Solomon Times Online, Samson Sade raises some important points about the plight of ordinary residents during periods of lock-Concerns over mental health
Frank Short 03-Sep-2021
I read today, Friday, a piece in the Island Sun newspaper written by Jennifer Kusapa which dealt with the MHMS plans for dealing with persons in the cJICA gives the MoFR a new vehicle to support Sustainable Forest Resources Management
Frank Short 03-Sep-2021
It was reported today in the Island Sun newspaper that the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has supported the Ministry of Forestry andAgricultural trade in the Solomon Islands
Frank Short 01-Sep-2021
Trade plays a crucial role in delivering food to consumers worldwide. It helps to provide greater choice in consumer goods, and has played a role in rSoil mix for urban food consumption and sales
Frank Short 01-Sep-2021
Today, I wrote giving examples and illustration of how food could be grown in limited space for home consumption or for sale.Growing techniques being developed in Kiribati
Frank Short 01-Sep-2021
Some months ago I wrote suggesting people living on the remote outer islands in the Solomon Islands subject to rising sea levels affecting their foodOvercoming hesitancy in getting vaccinated
Frank Short 31-Aug-2021
Writing as I do quite often about the Covid threat in our neighboring countries I sometimes wonder whether what I have said depresses people rather thLikely increase of funds for Provinces by 2022 allowing for more projects
Frank Short 31-Aug-2021
“Since the inception of PCDF in 2008, the Malaita provincial government has so far delivered 190 projects across the province at a total cost ofDCGA Government delivers million-dollar project to Faiako community on Malaita
Frank Short 30-Aug-2021
Faiako Community High School on West Kwara’ae , Malaita province took ownership of a double story classroom building worth SBD$2 million on ThurCancer's 'Achilles' heel' is discovered, enzyme slows tumors' growth
Frank Short 30-Aug-2021
Writing in today’s copy of the UK Daily Mail, correspondent Matt McNulty has some encouraging news for cancer sufferers.Foreign Affairs willing to send 5000 workers to Australia under the Labour Mobilty Scheme
Frank Short 30-Aug-2021
An article published in the Island Sun newspaper today read, quoteWith the soon to be finished Rehabilitation Workshop at the NRH help with the manufacture of artificial limbs will be needed urgently
Frank Short 30-Aug-2021
In recent months staff at the Australian High Commission in Honiara held one or more meetings with a group of disabled persons in the city and gave adComputers for the disabled and handicapped in the Solomon Islands.
Frank Short 30-Aug-2021
I read recently that one diplomatic mission in Honiara has given several computers to a local newspaper to aid the newspaper publish and circulate newSeeking clarity on Green Climate Fund (GCF) help for the Solomon Islands to-date
Frank Short 30-Aug-2021
The Solomon Islands and particularly the outer islands are impacted by sea rise, coastal erosion, destruction of food gardens and evacuation of resideRelaying the latest Covid-19 situation in Australia and New Zealand
Frank Short 28-Aug-2021
Here are the latest news reports from Radio New Zealand today, Saturday, 28 August 2021Welfare support with a food hotline open during lockdown
Frank Short 28-Aug-2021
Food will be available for families who need food during the lockdown.A story of the hurdles faced locally in trying to join the Australian Labor Mobility Scheme
Frank Short 28-Aug-2021
Local freelance journalist and President of MASI, Georgina Kekea wrote yesterday of the hurdles and frustrations faced by a young man from South GuadaDelta Variant Infection Doubles Odds of COVID Hospitalization: Study
Frank Short 28-Aug-2021
Dennis Thompson a health correspondent writing in the publication Health Day in the UK yesterday wrote, and I quote.New shop at Gold Ridge opened by the GRWA
Frank Short 27-Aug-2021
The Guadalcanal Provincial Government’s provincial Minister for Women, Youth and Sports opened the Gold Ridge Women Association shop yesterday.CBSP supports 15 students from the Tina River community to study at SINU
Frank Short 27-Aug-2021
THE Tina River Hydropower Development Project has partnered with the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) to enroll 15 students from the Tina RiSobering news on the lightening spread of Covid-19 should be the motivator for early vaccinations in the SI
Frank Short 27-Aug-2021
Radio New Zealand published news this morning which I really do hope will encourage all in the Solomon Islands that are still not vaccinated to do soSix new mobile towers to boost Solomon Islands’ security being funded by Australia
Frank Short 27-Aug-2021
Australia has agreed to fund the installation of six new mobile phone towers to support the Solomon Islands Government to improve the security and conUNDP launches small grants initiative to support resilient community development
Frank Short 26-Aug-2021
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched a Small Grants Initiative to fund resilient community projects in seven Pacific Island countries on FridaPS of the MHMS visits Buala Hospital
Frank Short 26-Aug-2021
“Not often do I have the chance to visit provincial health facilities, its workers and patients as I have my Deputy Secretary responsible for thJapan to provide SBD$29 million for Honiara street lights and a Geology Laboratory
Frank Short 26-Aug-2021
According to the SIBC, the Government of Japan has signed an Exchange of Notes with the Government of Solomon Islands for a grant aid of SBD$29 millioThe implications of safeguarding the country against Covid-19
Frank Short 26-Aug-2021
In his recent statement, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare again called on anyone resisting getting vaccinated to do so as soon as possible to protectCOVID-19 threatens Asia and Pacific’s progress on SDGs, ADB Data Shows
Frank Short 25-Aug-2021
“Asia and the Pacific has made impressive strides, but COVID-19 has revealed social and economic fault lines that may weaken the region’sThe Covid 19 risk to the Solomon Islands because of the Delta variant is greater than ever before
Frank Short 25-Aug-2021
Dr.Jimmy Rodgers, the secretary to the Hon, Prime Minister, speaking just days ago in a radio talk-back program said the Covid-19 variant of the virusSolomon Islanders confident with governments COVID 19 response but more need to be vaccinated
Frank Short 24-Aug-2021
A recent study conducted by the National Democratic Institution (NDI) says 87% of those interviewed think the government is doing an excellent job.Great news to soon be released about a new Rehabilitation Workshop for disabled patients of the NRH
Frank Short 24-Aug-2021
I will soon be able to write about a forty foot rehabilitation workshop erected at the NRH that will be capable, once equipped, with manufacturing andRequested help with shipping costs for shoes for orphans in the care of Hearts of Hope Charity
Frank Short 23-Aug-2021
Last week I wrote the following letter to the media in the Solomon Islands.PS of MHMS in Isabel Province with health team on status of local health system
Frank Short 23-Aug-2021
With the roll out of COVID-19 launchings across the provinces, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services’ (MHMS) Senior Executive Management (Sustainable planning to rehabilitate wasted or unused land
Frank Short 22-Aug-2021
A former mine site has been turned into wellness and sustainable agricultural area in the USA.A time for personal reflection
Quoting Radio New Zealand 22-Aug-2021
On a Sunday in Bangkok where fresh Covid cases have been averaging more than 20,000 cases a day in Thailand