BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Islands has recorded three more positive covid-19 cases. Of the three new cases, one is a student repatriated from the Philippines while the other two cases are footballers who returned from the United Kingdom. Prime Minister…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare is confident Solomon Islands will retain its Covid-19 free status again. However, the Prime Minister said the government cannot do this alone as ‘all hands on deck’ is needed from the nation. Speaking…
Government had allowed a high-risk passenger to be quarantined with low-risk ones in the heart of Honiara BY BARNABAS MANEBONA A positive covid-19 case detected in a quarantine site in the heart of Honiara may be the result of government…
One of the latest cases detected in a quarantine site in the heart of Honiara BY BARNABAS MANEBONA AND PETER ZOLEVEKE II ONE of the five covid-19 positive cases announced on Monday this week was quarantined and detected in one…
Country’s tally reaches 13 as more passengers from high-risk Oct-25 flight test positive to covid-19 BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Islands has registered five new covid-19 cases. Four of the new cases are returning soccer players while the fifth is a…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA LIST of Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) project applications circulating since last week amongst the public is ‘not a true one’. Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) Permanent Secretary (PS) McKinnie Dentana and Chairman of the ESP Committee…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA REPATRIATION date is not yet fixed for Solomon Islands graduating students this year over-seas but national government is thinking on ‘the second week of December’. As soon as all arrangements are formalised then they will announce the…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CABINET has approved that school scholarships will be made available for next year. Confirming this is the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) Dr Franco Rodie when questioned on any…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA IT is said that now is the proper time for national government to repatriate citizens in Honiara to their provinces having Solomon Islands already registering positive Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. When Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare called for repatriation…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA NATIONAL Government remains committed to security and surveillance at the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (PNG) border. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said support towards strengthening community preparedness and response to Coronavirus (Covid-19) is ongoing by the…