BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE country still awaits test results for the 110 citizens who came in from Port Moresby on Saturday, December 12 and final test for 115 citizens who arrived from Vanuatu. This was conveyed by Prime Minister…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Papua New Guinea repatriation flight this Saturday is regarded as a high-risk flight. This was confirmed by Dr Yogesh Choudri, technical advisor to the Ministry of Health and Medical Service yesterday. Jimmie Rodgers, Secretary to…
Second repatriation of Philippines students to arrive today BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO A second repatriation flight for Solomon Islands students in Philippines is expected to arrive in the country today, says Jimmie Rodgers, Secretary to Prime Minister. Mr Rodgers confirmed…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO ACCESSABILITY to services in the county has become a challenge for people with disability. Elwin Talo, from the Community Based Rehabilitation unit, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, highlighted this at the commemoration of the International…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE national government takes seriously the public demand for transparency in information dissemination. This was uttered by Minister for Communication and Aviation Peter Shanel Agovaka on the matter of temporary suspension of Facebook. Agovaka said in…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THREE repatriation flights to bring in nationals have been scheduled for this weekend. Dr Jimmie Rodgers Secretary to Prime Minister confirmed this. “In this weekend we anticipate three flights one will go from Brisbane, Auckland and…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Honiara City Council is pleased with the upgrading of Multi-purpose hall into a first-ever filed hospital in the country. This was conveyed by the Honiara City Council City Mayor Wilson Mamae during the official opening…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO CITY Mayor Wilson Mamae said they expect the Multi-purpose hall currently transformed into field hospital to be returned to the Honiara City Council after serving its purpose. Mamae uttered this when delivering his keynote address at…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO ELEVEN covid-19 patients will be shifted to the newly launched field hospital at the Multipurpose Hall sometime this week so improvements can be done at the isolation unit, NRH. Pauline McNeil Permanent Secretary for Ministry of…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO FIVE of the covid-19 patients who have tested negative four times have been released and are now united with their families. This was confirmed by Pauline McNeil, permanent secretary ministry of health and medical services, yesterday…