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Twenty-five bottlenose dolphins were flown from Honiara to Guangdong Province last week. Dr. Ingrid Visser, from The Orca Research Trust says the exports are disgusting and money driven. She said it was tragic that live dolphin export is legal. “Solomon Islands are their own independent country but…

Two identical MOU’s were executed between the FSM national government and the  two states on April 5, 2007 to assist them in getting out of a stressful period of fiscal difficulty, cash flow problems and long-term structural issues. “During the term of the MOU, the FSM national government administe…

This was due to the increased number of patients coming in for visits at the hospital for what could be dengue fever. The public health clinics are as follows; NCD, Well Baby, OB-GYN, Postpartum, New Born checkups including routine checkups and refills. Out patients are encouraged to seek these ser…

“He told me, ‘Wait, I’ll go find some people,’ and he walked off down the island,” said Temaei Tontaake, Buranibwe’s younger companion who also survived the ocean ordeal. But it didn’t take long for Buranibwe to figure out that he was not on Marakei, the coral atoll they had last seen after getting…

Uein Buranibwe, 53, and Temaei Tontaake, 26, arrived in Majuro Sunday after spending 17 days on Namdrik Atoll in the southern Marshall Islands. Namdrik is about 350 miles northwest of their home atoll of Marakei in neighboring Kiribati. “I don’t want to get in a boat again,” said Tontaake in Majuro…

Australian foreign minister Kevin Rudd made the announcement at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in Busan recently. “We remain the largest bilateral donor to the people of Fiji and we intend to be there for them over the long haul. Today I announce that we will increase develop…

The application to disqualify the Chief Justice, Sir Salamo Injia, was filed yesterday (Thursday) by O’Neill’s lawyer and was set to be heard tomorrow morning. This new twist in the case may delay ruling of the matter before the court. The high court was to make a ruling on the Reference today. The…

The Ministry of Health reported only 13 new cases last week — the fewest since the outbreak started in mid-October, and well below the 44 new cases confirmed the previous week. Health Secretary Justina Langidrik on Friday thanked the US Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and…

The pinprick of low-lying land halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii, is two days’ boat ride – and no aeroplane – from anywhere. But, cyclones permitting, next September it will switch off its old diesel generators and be powered by a $7.5m solar PV system designed to provide 90% of its energy. Th…

The petition was filed against Hanaria by three losing candidates of the August 2010 National General elections, namely; Aliki Toki’i Ha’apio, Abraham Namokari and Michael Ahikau. In the August 2010 national general elections, Ha’apio was second to Hanaria, polling a total of 947 votes, Namokari ca…