-105 repatriates released into society -All negative, government says BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO YESTERDAY (15th Nov) 105 persons graduated from the Institutional Quarantine Facilities (IQF) after having completed their mandatory quarantine periods. This was confirmed by the Acting Incident Controller…
By EDDIE OSIFELO LEADERS of Verahurua and Kokori Communities in Gold Ridge, Central Guadalcanal, claimed they were intimidated and harassed by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force. In a letter sent to RSIPF Commissioner Mostyn Mangau on Monday this week…
LEADER of the Independent Group, Dean Kuku calls on the Governor General to retrieve some of the emergency powers vested in the Prime Minister following the suspension of some senior nurses. In a statement Kuku said: “I am deeply disturbed…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mostyn Mangau has confirmed in his weekly media conference that police allowances are ready to be paid to individual officers’ account by the end of the week. He said yesterday that the Ministry of Finance…
-NZ’s covid-support fund in our account: MHMS -But, fund diverted to many other areas, not Gizo & Kiluufi hospitals only THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) says the $15 million COVID-19 funding support from the New Zealand government…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CENTRAL Islands Province (CIP) Provincial Government and Administration deem RUSSELL Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL) operating in the province as ‘illegal’. Premier Hon Stanley Manetiva said RIPEL fails to pay its Business License in the province as…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PROGRESS work on the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU’s) signed between the Ministry of Tourism and Culture with the provinces of Malaita, Isabel and Central are progressing well. This is according to Prime Minister Manasseh…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE prime minister’s quick-fix approach to the nurses’ demands will return to haunt government and the country one day. The saga, simply put, entails nurses asking government to pay them covid allowances and the government responding…
Wale calls on government to explain $15m NZ funding LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale calls on the government to explain the whereabouts of the NZD3 million (SBD15m) funding support provided by the New Zealand government to assist progress work on…
By EDDIE OSIFELO EMBATTLED Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Vice Chancellor, Dr Ganesh Chand and four other expatriates are expected to return home next month. This was after Minister of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration, Clezy Rore upheld the decision…
