SI HEARING AIDS FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY
Quoting Radio New Zealand 13-Jun-2020
Brother George said at the time there was no doubt there were thousands of deaf Solomon Islanders, particularly in remote parts of the country, who haATTITUDES TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN THE NEW NORMAL
Quoting Radio New Zealand 13-Jun-2020
“Please join us in adapting to a new way of living, working and interacting. The more each of us does our part, the more we can bring back econoSI: A SUGGESTED YOUTH INITIATIVE AWARD
Quoting Radio New Zealand 12-Jun-2020
I wrote recently about eleven years old Samuel Jason Voda Marsh, a fifth-grader at Honiara International School (Woodford) who joined oA BALANCED IMMUNE SYSTEM
Quoting Radio New Zealand 12-Jun-2020
A blood test is often used to find out what the person's immunization is, but when the immune system weakens, our body also starts giving a varieAUSTRALIA FUNDING FIVE PROJECTS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 12-Jun-2020
.The DAP is a small grants scheme, managed by the Australian High Commission, which works directly with communities and funds projects aimed at improvSI: A NEW TILAPIA BREEDING AND RESEARCH CENTRE
Quoting Radio New Zealand 11-Jun-2020
The facility, when fully finished, will be provide training to all tilapia farmers around Solomon Islands, and at the same time distribute tilapia finPNG SECURES A MAJOR LOAN FROM THE IMF
Quoting Radio New Zealand 10-Jun-2020
“Coming as PNG's economy feels the pinch from the Covid-19 pandemic, the loan was secured on terms of a zero interest rate over 10 years wiA SUGGESTED B2B PORTAL FOR THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 10-Jun-2020
I have been giving much thought how I might help the Solomon Islands and especially since the advent of COVID-19 on the world stage has contributed toRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE LACKING IN RELATION TO TACKLING COVID-19
Quoting Radio New Zealand 10-Jun-2020
I have been reading an article written by Kim DeRidder, the Regional Director for Environmental Programs at the Asia Foundation, where he leads prograINTEREST IN A PACIFIC TRAVEL BUBBLE
Quoting Radio New Zealand 10-Jun-2020
"For those Pacific Islands that have eliminated Covid - basically most never had it - I can see no problem with quarantine free travel with thoseSI: NO EXAM FEES THIS YEAR
Quoting the Solomon Star newspaper 09-Jun-2020
“Principal Examination Officer of the National Education Assessment Division (NEAD), Martin Ruhasia said the initiative was approved as a resultSI: IS MALAITA MOVING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION?
Quoting Radio New Zealand 08-Jun-2020
He claimed the MARA government will not only encourage people to pursue sustainable harvesting of resources, but to plant more trees and concentrate oSI: LAUNCH OF THE NEW DBSI
Quoting Radio New Zealand 08-Jun-2020
The Government now expects the DBSI to offer and provide sustainable financial services to all Solomon Islanders in particular in the development of tCOVID-19 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED IN NEW ZEALAND
Quoting Radio New Zealand 08-Jun-2020
"Today, 75 days later, we are ready," Ardern told a news conference, announcing the government would drop social distancing restrictions froSI: PATRIOTISM, UNITY AND PRIDE
Quoting Radio New Zealand 08-Jun-2020
Patriotism should be inculcated during childhood because when children love their home and country, they grow up appreciating their heritage, diversitSI: HEALTH MATTERS IN THE NEWS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 08-Jun-2020
Relief work had been slow, hampered by Covid-19 restrictions and missing the usually overwhelming international humanitarian response - with most counSI: ENVIRONMENTAL AND GREEN TOURISM
Quoting Radio New Zealand 07-Jun-2020
A couple of years ago, to celebrate World Environment Day, the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) launched a biodiversity project in Georgia, aimedCLIMATE CHANGE THE BIGGEST LONG-TERM THREAT TO HUMANITY
Quoting Radio New Zealand 05-Jun-2020
"We have supported each other in times of need over the past decades, and our development partners have also stepped up to assist us when we needA CALL MADE TO REDEFINE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
Quoting Radio New Zealand 05-Jun-2020
It has been said the workshop aims to critically review, update and harmonize the MHMS’s emergency Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and streIMMUNIZATION AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Quoting Radio New Zealand 04-Jun-2020
“With COVID-19 mortality rates increasing for those with hypertension – usually defined as blood pressure above 140/90, considered severeSICCI HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RAISING GOVT REVENUE FROM BUSINESSES
Quoting the Solomon Times 04-Jun-2020
”A level playing field’ continues to be a SICCI concern, as it is important that businesses coexist in a spirit of competition all tAUSTRALIAN SUPPORT FOR WFP's HUMANITARIAN AIR SERVICES
Quoting the Solomon Times 04-Jun-2020
“With Australia’s generous contribution, WFP’s humanitarian air service in the Pacific will enable humanitarian organisations, natioSI: TOURISM: VISITOR NUMBERS DOWN.
Quoting the Solomon Times 04-Jun-2020
“The number of tourist arrivals in Solomon Islands fell 48.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 due to impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandeSI: HIGH COURT STOPS LOGGING IN MALAITA
Quoting Radio New Zealand 03-Jun-2020
“The decision is a result of the Malaita provincial government’s (MPG) campaign against logging companies following their continued failurMORE FUNDING TO HELP THE COVID-19 THREAT
Quoting Radio New Zealand 03-Jun-2020
The Chair of the IMF mentioned in the press release from his organisation how the travel industry in the Solomon Islands had suffered as consequence oSI: IFC SUPPORTING SI COMPANIES
Quoting the Solomon Times 02-Jun-2020
“IFC surveyed nine Solomon Islands companies from the Waka Mere initiative during April and May to obtain a clear picture of the impacts of COVISI: RIGHTS ISSUES AMIDST COVID-19 MEASURES
Quoting Radio New Zealand 02-Jun-2020
Faced with the threat of COVID -19, it seems to be that if restrictions on assembly and free association had not been imposed, the chances of COVID-19SI: RAPID URBANISATION IMPLICATIONS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 02-Jun-2020
Laura Bruce writing for UNHCR is quoted in a piece first published at Policy Forum, Asia and the Pacific’s platform for public policySI: HIGH POPULATION GROWTH STRAINING MEDICAL SERVICES
Quoting Radio New Zealand 01-Jun-2020
I believe it is fair to say few will disagree that the MOHMS has done good work in responding to the COVID-19 threat and the front line personnel of tCOMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Quoting Radio New Zealand 01-Jun-2020
“I also call on the government to provide free internet access (including ISPs to lower profit margins on bandwidth), and to charge
SI: FIRST LOCAL TESTS PROVED NEGATIVE
Quoting the Solomon Star Newspaper. 01-Jun-2020
“With the recently launched COVID-19 testing capabilities, the suspect underwent COVID-19 testing and within just two hours the tests results weSI: YOUNG CONSERVATION CHAMPION
Quoting Radio New Zealand 29-May-2020
It is has been reported in today’s Solomon Star newspaper that eleven years old Samuel Jason Voda Marsh, a fifth-grader at Honiara InternationalMARAU MINI HOSPITAL FUNCTIONAL AGAIN AFTER RENOVATIONS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 29-May-2020
Congratulations I believe are in order to the Guadalcanal Provincial government for the extensive renovations to the Marau mini hospital. The faSI: A RETURN OF TOURISTS?
Quoting Radio New Zealand 29-May-2020
According to the latest Reuters report, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday a draft blueprint on safely starting travel betwee" PACIFIC BUBBLE"
Quoting Radio New Zealand 28-May-2020
"My own view is that the risks can be managed well, especially if we've got countries that have got good testing in place and we know that tSI: FOREIGN AID AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Quoting Radio New Zealand 28-May-2020
Issues captured include some harsh conditions with nurses forced to work with, the extreme lengths rural residents face to access health facilities anFLIGHT FROM SOLOMON ISLANDS ALLOWED IN VANUATU
Quoting Radio New Zealand 27-May-2020
“The Director of Public Health, Len Tarivonda, said the incoming passengers won't be expected to undergo 14 days of quarantine since the SoSI: EMBRACING NEW TECHNOLOGY
Quoting Radio New Zealand 26-May-2020
There are no long-term advantages from the strict enforcement measures that have necessarily become part of life except to say I am pleased to see theSI: ACCURATE INFORMATION SHARING
Quoting Radio New Zealand 26-May-2020
Without wanting to sound alarmist the better and more accurate information the public have, from proper sources such as the Ministry of Health and MedSI. SUBMISSIONS CALLED FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS SUPPORT
Quoting the Solomon Times 25-May-2020
“Sogavare said the Government is fully aware of its responsibility to ensure fiscal stability and to counter negative growth within the domesticTHE COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL ACCESS HUB
Quoting Radio New Zealand 24-May-2020
Global warming is helping to crippling the economy and hampering progress toward the sustainable development goals in the Solomon Islands and the sameCOULD PEANUTS ADD TO THE SOLOMONS EXPORTS?
Quoting Radio New Zealand 24-May-2020
The produce from that garden was sufficient to supply the prisoners with the daily meals and enough produce was left over to sell to the local BP StorSI: MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AND GOVERNMENT POLICY ON MENTAL HEALTH
Quoting Radio New Zealand 23-May-2020
Is there still a long way to go before mental health services are available, affordable and accessible to the whole population, including people livinSB: ONLINE EDUCATION FOR SCHOOLS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 22-May-2020
Some educational institutions have started online courses, and some education technology startups are temporarily offering free classes to help overcoPNG GOVERNMENT TO BUILD HOSPITALS IN PROVINCES
Quoting Radio New Zealand 22-May-2020
"We are a country of huge diversity and the government has a new generation of leaders who want to grow the provinces and I urge you all to thinkSI: ALLEGATIONS RAISED OVER PATIENT CARE AT THE NRH
Quoting Radio New Zealand 22-May-2020
In normal times the NRH is over-burdened in dealing with patients suffering from Non Communicable Diseases but with the current situation in the countA TRANS- TASMAN "TRAVEL BUBBLE" POST COVID-19
Quoting Radio New Zealand 20-May-2020
In May this year, I became aware that politicians in New Zealand and Australia began discussing the possibility of opening up borders to each other, cEAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE IN AUSTRALIA WILLING TO HELP THE DEAF COMMUNITY IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 20-May-2020
The connection with the Lions Club is interesting for it should be recalled that Lions Clubs, through a similar appeal for eye glasses, resulted in LiAUSTRALIA REDIRECTS $US65m TO PACIFIC
Quoting Radio New Zealand 20-May-2020
“The halt in tourism caused by border closures, cuts to remittances and seasonal worker programmes and other effects of Covid-19 have been devasUK's CORONAVIRUS TRIALS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 18-May-2020
“The (UK) Government would ensure to make the vaccine available to developing countries at the lowest possible cost.” (Alok Sharma,SI: SECONDARY EDUCATION NEEDS TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE BY CHILDREN OF POOR BACKGROUNDS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 18-May-2020
Solomon Island’s Fee Free Basic Education policy, as I understand it, does not cover senior secondary levels and I guess it is at this level ofSI: PARENTS WILL REALLY STRUGGLE TO PAY SCHOOL FEES
Quoting Radio New Zealand 17-May-2020
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has already caused much anguish and losses across the world with deaths, job losses, forced closure of businesses,A QUESTION ALL ARE ASKING
Quoting Radio New Zealand 17-May-2020
As we organise our daily lives to work alongside the “new normal” that has been imposed on us by the spate of stringent, but necessary regTHE NEW NORMAL POST COVID 19
Quoting Radio New Zealand 16-May-2020
As the country considers COVID-19 priorities and prevention measure, the government must do more to encourage a healthy life style change &am
SOLOMONS IMPOSES MORE TRAVEL BANS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 16-May-2020
“The government said passengers from such countries would have their recent travel history and health condition checked upon arriva
PNG's WESTERN PROVINCE SEES SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES
Quoting Radio New Zealand 16-May-2020
“The Office of the National Pandemic Response Controller said the mine brought significant foreign exchange into the country and it
SI: FRST COMMUNITY MARINE PARK
Quoting Radio New Zealand 16-May-2020
For all those with a keen interest in conservation and biodiversity the news relayed in today’s Solomon Star newspaper is welcome i
VANUATU: TESTING FOR COVID -19
Quoting Radio New Zealand 15-May-2020
“The Director of Public Health, Doctor Len Tarivonda, said that until now Vanuatu had been sending blood samples to Australia for testing, whichSI: FUNDING FOR HATCHERY
Quoting Solomon Star Newspaper 15-May-2020
“The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has signed another exciting project worth SBD2.4million dollars with Food Works Supplies Ltd for hatcSI: A CALL FOR A REFOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Quoting Radio New Zealand 15-May-2020
Speaking at the launch of the CBSI 2019 Annual Report this week, Dr.Luke Forau, the Central Bank Governor said there needed to be a refocus in the couSI: 95% RISE IN NCD CASES THIS YEAR
Quoting Radio New Zealand 14-May-2020
The Solomon Islands remains free from coronavirus so far, and thankfully so, but one needs to be mindful that Non-communicable Disease (NCD) is also dAUSTRALIA PLEDGES US$15 MILLION TO VANUATU
Quoting Radio New Zealand 14-May-2020
“Vanuatu's Prime Minister Bob Loughman confirmed the assistance from his country's closest donor partner after a meeting with AustraliSI: CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TO BORDER RE-OPENING
Quoting Radio New Zealand 14-May-2020
“Prime minister Manasseh Sogavare said it would be conditional on the country's Covid-19 testing facilities being at full capacity.“MVITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND THE REPORTED LINK TO COVID-19 DEATHS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 13-May-2020
“The researchers noted that patients from countries with high COVID-19 mortality rates, such as Italy, Spain and the UK, had lower levels of vitSI: RESURGENCE OF VEGETABLE FARMING
Quoting Radio New Zealand 13-May-2020
I recall, too, in the same year Lionel Maeliu, a well-known organic farmer in Central Kwara'ae, Malaita Province saying he believed the highlandsSI: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM POST COVID-19
Quoting Radio New Zealand 12-May-2020
“Both valleys are covered with secondary forests and dominated with a grassland area that stretches from the western end of the village to the fSI: IMPACT ON THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IN DEALING WITH THE THREAT OF COVID 19
Quoting Radio New Zealand 12-May-2020
In respect of tourism and the tourism losses to-date, Chris Cocker the head of South Pacific Tourism has said the future of tourism in the 'blue&Si: PARTNER AID IN THE COVID-19 AGE
Quoting Radio New Zealand 11-May-2020
It has been reported in Australia that should coronvirus penetrate Solomon Island’s borders, then Australia should not hesitate to consider sendPARTNER AID FOR SOLOMON ISLANDS HEALTH SERVICES
Quoting Radio New Zealand 10-May-2020
Specifically in relation to health matters and health services, Minister Mua said, “Improving the laboratory and other health services is quiteWOOD CARVINGS NEEDING REPLACEMENT
Quoting Radio New Zealand 10-May-2020
I have attached photos of the two carvings and would very much like to hear from the wood carver who sold the objects in the hope they could be duplicSI: THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA
Quoting Radio New Zealand 10-May-2020
The Vice-President of the Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) Douglas Marau last week reminded journalists to continue to promote national uniSI: NRH's MATERNITY WARD GETTING AN UPLIFT
Quoting Radio New Zealand 08-May-2020
Pan Oceanic Bank (POB) recently donated the sum of $100.000 to the National Referral Hospital for the upgrading and refurbishment of the hospital&rsquSI: HYDROPONIC FARMING FOR EXPORTS AND LOCAL JOBS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 08-May-2020
Singapore has formal diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands and I feel confident the Singapore Government could, if requested, assist the SolomCBSI CREATING AN EXPORT CREDIT FACILITY
Quoting Radio New Zealand 07-May-2020
“Some of the standout features of the stimulus package included a five-year tax holiday for tourism operators in the country, loan holidays andSI: LIKELY TO HAVE A - 4.9 GDP SHORTAGE IN 2020
Quoting Radio New Zealand 07-May-2020
At home, Prime Minister Sogavare has already said preliminary predictions from the Central Bank of the Solomon Islands (CBSI) and the Ministry of FinaSI AUSTRALIA GIVES SBD$71 MILLION
Quoting the Solomon Times on Line 07-May-2020
“Today, Australian High Commissioner Dr Lachlan Strahan signed the funding agreement with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, tSI: FOOD SECURITY COULD BE HELPED WITH HOME BASED HYDROPONIC FARMING METHODS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 07-May-2020
To make your own hydroponic fertilizer, acquire some standard water-soluble fertilizer (perhaps
BOARD OF MARINE INQUIRY COMPLETED
Quoting Radio New Zealand 06-May-2020
“The inquiry investigated the maritime safety issues surrounding the voyage of the MV Taimareho on 2 April during which 27 people l
SI: STIMULUS PACKAGE EXPLAINED
Quoting Radio New Zealand 06-May-2020
“The Prime Minister explained the Immediate Measures 2 component proposes equity injection into government-owned or partly owned co
SI: REDUCING LEG AMPUTATIONS
Quoting Radio New Zealand 06-May-2020
We know there are several hundred former patients of the National Referral Hospital, some say more than 400 that have had a leg surgically re
SI READY FOR TESTING
Quoting the Solomon Star newspaper 05-May-2020
“This assurance was echoed by the Secretary to Prime Minister Doctor Jimmy Rogers during a talkback show over the national broadcas
SI: ABD$124 FOR IMMEDIATE RECOVERY MEASURES
Quoting from the Solomon Star newspaper today 05-May-2020
“It is also worth noting that a formal framework towards the implementation of these measures is being finalized and will be submit
