Dear Editor, Please consider this letter. Yours sincerely, Frank Short I read a Blog this morning on Linkedin written by Alex Randall an expert on the connections between climate, disasters and migration; he is coordinator of the Climate and Migration Coalition…
Dear Editor, Please consider this letter. Yours sincerely, Frank Short In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic the Solomon Islands government is continuing to take decisive action to prevent coronavirus getting a foothold in the country. In assisting the Solomon…
Dear Editor, Please consider this rather optimistic news from London. Yours sincerely, Frank ShortSarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology and says that she is “80% confident” a COVID -19 vaccine being developed by her team will work. Quoting Sky News.…
Dear Editor, Please give your consideration to this letter. Yours sincerely, Frank Short It is believed many thousands of Solomon Islanders have fled Honiara and returned to their home provinces to escape the possibility of developing coronavirus which has spread…
A radio news bulletin carried today by Radio New Zealand said Papua New Guinea has opened a national Covid-19 treatment centre in Port Moresby. The facility had been made possible by the PNG Sports Foundation. Called the National Response Centralised Facility…
Following the publication of my most recent article in which I mentioned the desirability of having an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) to treat any person that might be found suffering from coronavirus and needing…
Dear Editor, Please consider this letter in support of the SIG’s efforts to tackle Covid -19. Yours sincerely, Frank Short The COVID – 19 outbreak is recognized as a pandemic by the WHO, with the United Nations health agency repeatedly…
Dear Editor, Please consider this letter. Yours sincerely, Frank Short Solomon Islands Finance Minister, Harry Kuma has announced the government’s stimulus package in a bid to boost the national economy and, as what was largely predicted, the ’package’ has four…
Dear Editor, Please give your consideration to this letter. Yours sincerely, Frank Short Yesterday, the Opposition Leader in the Solomon Islands. Matthew Wale, when addressing Parliament during the debate on the state of public emergency declared by the Governor general…
Dear Editor please consider this letter. Writing in the Solomon Times on Line on Monday 6 April, local journalist Georgina Kekea tells the story of the Barana Nature and Heritage Park, the biggest conservation site on Guadalcanal. Georgina explains how…