BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE country had run more than 2,000 covid-19 tests for December alone and likely a similar number of tests will be done for January and February this year. This was highlighted by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU The Solomon Islands new Education Bill will be tabled in Parliament later this year, according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. In his first nationwide address yesterday he said the National Education Board has considered and provided advice…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ORION Limited Managing Director, Chan Chee Min has questioned the integrity of Registrar of Companies in the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration. This was after the Registrar of Companies decided not to intervene in the…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Islands is among the countries that will benefit from a new Coronavirus (Covid-19) Vaccination initiative called the ‘COVAX Facility’. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his first 2021 ‘National Address’ yesterday updating on ‘Vaccines’ said his government…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE flight for Guangzhou scheduled for January 24 will be delayed as Solomon Airlines still has not received approval from relevant authorities for the flight. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare yesterday in his…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA ‘TWO’ Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases of the 17 registered in Solomon Islands remain positive. The two remaining positive cases are soccer players returning from England on October 2020, confirmed Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his first 2021 Covid-19…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ORION Limited Managing Director, Chan Chee Min is questioning the integrity of police after no answers and actions were taken since Bulacan International Limited exported 7,000 cubic metres of logs in South Choiseul onboard MV Ocean Star…
Work on new PM residence starts By EDDIE OSIFELO WORK on the new official residence of the Prime Minister is on track adjacent to the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) headquarters overlooking Honiara city. This was after the Central Tender Board…
Malaita ready to roll out PCDF projects for 2021 BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki MALAITA Provincial Tender Board will sit this week to award its first four PCDF projects for implementation in 2021. In a statement from the Provincial Planning Division,…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI FOUR Papua New Guinean nationals are at the moment kept under quarantine at Pelau police post in Malaita Outer Islands. The four were reported to have illegally trans-border the SI-PNG border from Tasman Island (under PNG)…
