Some years ago I read that deaf people in the Solomon Islands were the most neglected of all the disabled in the country. I happen to believe that the situation has not changed much for the better and many children…
A letter of mine, which I had styled ‘Youth aspirations in relation to national development.’ was published recently on Linkedin and on Facebook and may have been the reason for a community leader from Malaita writing, today, telling me he…
I left the Solomon Islands in mid-July 1999 after completing my two-year contract with the Solomon Islands government. Since that time I given my time to trying to help good causes in the Solomon Islands, supporting the equipment needs of…
In 2003 an off-shore consultancy firm, Hassell and Associates, carried out a study of the issues, needs and priorities of Solomon Islands youths. The findings of the study were later released in a comprehensive final report. The research work was…
Views by Frank Short: As readers will know I have often written about the plight of those former patients of the Solomon Islands Referral Hospital, and those still in the hospital, that have undergone surgery and had a lower limb…
Opinion by Frank Short: Some weeks ago I wrote about the need for hearing aids for those in the Solomon Islands communities that have impaired hearing and hearing loss, especially affecting several young children. In the United States I know…
Last December I wrote a piece in which I said a Medical Mission was expected in the Solomon Islands in July. Having just been told of Sea Mercy’s planned programme of providing medical aid and dental treatment for remote island…
Speaking at the launching Permanent Secretary Pauline McNeil said the 2020 AOP and Budget set out the focus of efforts and Ministry’s organisational commitments for the current fiscal year. “Consistent with our National Health Strategic Plan (NHSP) 2016-2020, RDP Policy…
When the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare launched the “EziPei” eWallet service at the Heritage Park Hotel last Wednesday morning he said the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) recognised the need for the improvement of the economic well-being of women,…
The Solomon Islands media has recently reported that a second Forest Conservation Area has been declared in Choiseul Province. On 29 January 2020, the Minister for the Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Dr. Culwick Togamana, officially launched and…