By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands’ effort to remain a covid-19 free nation has been boosted with $71 million assistance from the Australian government. This was made possible after Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Jeremiah Manele and Australia High…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE $71 million funding assistance provided by Australia Government will be kept in a separate account, says Minister of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma. The budget support will see $44 million go toward the Health sector covid-19…
By EDDIE OSIFELO A multi-million dollar base will be established at Kulitana Bay in Shortland Islands to accommodate police, health, customs and immigration officers. This is part of the effort to monitor the international border between Bougainville and Solomon Islands…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SEVEN women were among the ten recipients in Honiara that received free vegetables seedlings from Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock on Wednesday 6th May. The ten recipients represent three households in East Honiara, three in West Honiara…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ABOUT 17,000 people in Honiara have expressed their interests to receive free vegetable seedlings from Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock when the message was posted on social media. Undersecretary Technical Michael Ho’ota stated this after the handing…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE battle between the National Government and its agent, Malaita province has attracted a lot of debate on social media. This came after the Sogavare/Maelanga government has warned Malaita Province of facing suspension unless Premier Daniel Suidani…
By EDDIE OSIFELO IT was slow start for exam classes, mainly forms 3,5,6 and 7 outside of Honiara, Guadalcanal, Noro, Munda, Choiseul bay and Shortland Islands, which were supposed to resume classes on Monday 27th April. This came after only…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Education and Human Resources has seen the need to resume exam classes mainly forms 3,5,6 and 7 living outside the Emergency zones and high risk areas. Permanent Secretary, Dr Franco Rodie told a 4th Radio…
Govt to make order to manage ships entering country By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government is expected to soon impose an order to stop crews in international vessels from stepping on land. This follows serious concerns raised by the peoples of…
Medical equipment for covid-19 arrive in the country By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands Government yesterday took delivery of lab equipment and testing kits purchased from the Chinese Company BGI（Beijing Genomic Institution), using part of China’s $2.5 million (300,000USD) donation. This…