BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Solomon Islands Council of Trade Union (SICTU) calls on the government to set up a special select committee that will consult on the government’s intention to defer next year’s national election. “The committee would undertake…
NRH management apologises to patients, caregivers By MAVIS N PODOKOLO HEALTH authorities have launched an investigation into reports that certain staff at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) held a drinking party at the Emergency Department, Friday night. Island Sun reported…
……Claims of Drs, Nurses boozy night in Emergency Department By EDDIE OSIFELO SOME nurses and guardians are calling on the National Referral Hospital administration to investigate an alleged drinking party inside the Accident Emergency (A&E) staff room last Friday. The…
By EDDIE OSIFELO A Prime Minister has a power to prohibit Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) from broadcasting or televising any matter, or matter of any class or character unless it is based on national interest. Or the Prime Minister…
BY IRWIN ANGIKI The Central Bank is calling on public to respect banking facilities, anywhere in the country. CBSI reiterates this call in light of the recent damage inflicted on Bank South Pacific’s (BSP) Auki branch. One of the branch’s…
The office of the prime minister has responded to Opposition Leader’s earlier statements that PM Sogavare lied to the nation. “The Opposition Leader should take a good look at himself before launching a tirade against the government on the proposed…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has congratulated Vanuatu Prime Minister, Bob Loughman, the new Chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Speaking during the official handover of the mantle from the care taker Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to Bob…
‘I say it again: there’ll be no Chinese military base’ BY BEN BILUASuva, Fiji PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says there is no mention of military base to be built in Solomon Islands in the China/Solomon Islands Security Agreement. He made…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki MALAITA Provincial Health is stepping up its measles and rubella campaign in response to outbreaks in neighbouring countries. A two-day briefing was held for 22 health representatives from four regions of Malaita to roll out catch-up…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki The handover of Malaita’s log of claims document to the national government has been postponed for August 15, which is Malaita’s Second Appointed Day. Malaita premier Daniel Suidani told Island Sun that this deferment has been…
