BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PREPARATION work at the Institutional Quarantine Facilities prior to the arrival of 200-plus Solomon nationals is ongoing and on schedule. Chairman of IQF Karl Kuper assured the nation this during a radio talkback show on 28th…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is working hard to make sure the provinces have GeneXpert machines. The GeneXpert machine is the device used to test for covid-19. Speaking in a radio talkback show…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI MALAITA provincial government has engaged legal representation to deal with government’s hold-up of covid-19 medical equipment donated to the province by Taiwan. Lasting week police seized the medical equipment bound for Malaita province. Government was quick…
Quarantined Vanuatu-stranded nationals allowed back into society A number of persons serving the mandatory quarantine period at various Institutional Quarantine Facilities have been released. Out of a total of 158 occupants 24 were released 16th June. Those released are Solomon…
Two touch-rugby world cups for New Zealand By Taromane Martin & Peter Zoleveke II THOUGH not many Solomon Islanders are known for playing rugby, there are some who have been paving and building their career in this sport overseas. One…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO WHILST women leaders in the country are battling to have reserved seats for women at the political level through Temporary Special Measures (TSM), a report revealed there is a large information gap on TSM with very…
By Alfred Sasako HONIARA City Council Mayor Wilson Mamae yesterday warned that accusations against the Council’s governance and administration being repeatedly published by Solomon Star newspaper could have repercussions. “They know the accusations they are repeating are false. And they…
USP student association Solomon Islands throw support behind Prof Ahluwalia By Alfred Sasako SOLOMON Islands students studying at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Solomon Islands Campus in Honiara have thrown their support behind Prof Pal Ahluwalia, urging regional…
BY SAMIE WAIKORIAUKI REPRESENTATIVE members of various conservation groups in Are Are and Kwaio were privileged to learn the Protected Areas Act 2010.This was during a meeting held with two lawyers from Landowners’ Advisory Legal Support Unit (LALSU) under Public…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE government Oversight Committee work focus on preparedness and response plans against covid-19 has been again on Honiara because that is the most likely point of entry of any infection. Jimmy Rodgers Special Secretary to Prime…
