BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) with other government ministries and partners continue preparedness efforts to prevent potential importation of COVID-19 into Solomon Islands. To date, there is no confirmed Coronavirus disease case detected in…
Asians quarantined in mining operation in Renbel province suspected of China corona virus BY BARNABAS MANEBONA and ALFRED PAGEPITU FOUR men are being held in isolation in Rennell suspected of having the China coronavirus, it is reported. Reports reaching Island…
SIPA carries out check-ups on Chinese crews for coronavirus BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) is taking proactive measures against the feared ‘China coronavirus (2019-nCoV)’, in checking all ship crews of Chinese origin before they are given shore…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA NATIONAL Generation Election (NGE) candidates of 2019 failing to submit campaign Statements of Account are now under review of the National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID). This is confirmed by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Media…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA ALMOST half of Solomon Islands government sponsored students in the Philippines are still waiting for allowances this week, as some have already received theirs last week, it is reported. More than 300 Solomon Islands students are studying…
China or Taiwan? PM to decide on whichever will keep him in power BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE decision to switch to China or remain with Taiwan will not be made for the good of the country, rather for the…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA NEW plots of land given to ‘Smoking Residents’ at Tulaghi by the former Central Provincial Government (CPG) last year being reported, are termed ‘null and void’. This does not mean that the current provincial government of Central…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Islands students studying in Philippines have now received second Semester allowances, but not all them yet, it is reported last night. Some are still to receive theirs according to report reaching Island Sun and are hoping…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA FANGS Corporation has paid $10,000 fine to the Honiara City Council (HCC) for their ‘wharf’ built opposite the Mokolo Building at the Mataniko riverbank. Confirming payment of fine was HCC’s Cashier Unit yesterday saying that payment was…
MERHD delaying of allowance sees SIG-scholars in Philippines on the streets BY BARNABAS MANEBONA and MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO WHAT we have feared has happened – Solomon Islands government-sponsored students in the Philippines have been kicked out of their homes,…