Good news for SI seasonal workers with word from Australia

Frank Short 20-Jul-2021

Australia is committed to keeping the doors open for Pacific seasonal workers and to ensuring conditions for workers arriving from Asia on new visa sc

SI Government Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) contributes to economic self-reliance in West Guadalcanal

Frank Short 19-Jul-2021

The North West Guadalcanal Development Association (NWGD) has introduced a new initiative ‘bulk marketing’ for rural farmers to generate i

SI. Recording the primary rights of customary landholding groups and sustaining peace

Frank Short 19-Jul-2021

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Solomon Islands, in partnership with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey, has support

Equality and human rights as laid down in the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities explained to women and girls living with disability

Frank Short 19-Jul-2021

Last week, 29 women and girls living with some disability, with support from the the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) met in Honiara for

Working to help People with Disabilities in the SI to attain disability rights and promote their dignity and pride

Frank Short 19-Jul-2021

I wrote today a piece in which I expressed my appreciation for DFAT in conducting a training workshop in Honiara last week for some 29 women and girls

“We’re in the pandemic together.” Casting aside false information and taking decisive action on vaccination the key to ending Covid-19

Frank Short 18-Jul-2021

I read the front page article in the Solomon Star on 16 July which featured an article and accompanying photograph of the Australian and the UK High C