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HIGH FAIL RATE

Only 838 pass to Form 7 out of 4,494 students EIGHTY-ONE percent of form-six students who sat for the 2020 final-year examinations did not make it to form-seven. This was despite the examination offered at a ‘moderate’ difficulty level, ministry…

Mavis Podokolo
January 20, 2021

Breaking News, COVID-19, HEALTH, Honiara, Local News

PM announces five new cases from Auckland flight

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare today has announced five new COVID-19 cases in the country. Speaking during his nationwide address today, the Prime Minister said four of the new cases are from our returning soccer players.He said the fifth case is…

Press Release
November 2, 2020

Breaking News, HEALTH, Honiara, Local News, News

PM ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW CASES

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has today announced four new COVID-19 cases in the country. Speaking during a special address this afternoon, the Prime Minister said all four cases are from our 16 soccer players that had been stranded in the…

Press Release
October 27, 2020

Breaking News, COVID-19, SPONSORED NEWS

PM ANNOUNCES NEW COVID-19 CASES

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced new COVID-19 cases. These include four new cases in the Philippines and one new case in the Solomon Islands.These means we now have a total of three cases in the Solomon Islands and 22…

Press Release
October 16, 2020

Breaking News

The bomb story

POLICE say the two foreigners killed in the bomb explosion at Tasahe, west Honiara, Sunday, had been storing old World War II explosives at their rented property. Australian Trent Lee and Briton Stephen “Luke” Atkinson died when an unexploded ordnance…

Admin
September 24, 2020

Breaking News, Honiara, Local News

NRH restricts visitors to hospital

NATIONAL Referral Hospital (NRH) is implementing special emergency measures to respond to the threat of the new Coronavirus (COVID–19). Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr John Hue said all non-urgent clinics and Hospital services are suspended until further notice. Under the NRH…

Admin
March 20, 2020

Breaking News, HEALTH, Honiara, Local News, Top Headlines

Third COVID – 19 Suspected Case Tests Negative

RESULTS of the third suspected Coronavirus case of Solomon Islands that was sent to Australia over the weekend has tested Negative. This is the last of the three sample tests received to date, all of which have tested Negative. The…

Admin
March 20, 2020

Breaking News, HEALTH, Honiara, Local News

Second COVID-19 suspected case test Negative

No confirm COVID -19 case in Solomon Islands RESULTS of the second suspected Coronavirus case of Solomon Islands that was sent to Australia has tested Negative. There were three (3) COVID 19 samples sent to Australia, and so far two…

Admin
March 19, 2020

Breaking News, Honiara, Local News, RenBell, Top Headlines

Check’em properly

Renbel premier calls on national government to do thorough screening of ships allowed into the province By Mike Puia In Tigoa THE Renbel provincial Premier, Willie Tuhagenga, has appealed to the national government, through responsible authorities, to do thorough checks…

Mike Puia
February 5, 2020

Breaking News, HEALTH, Honiara, Local News, News

Travel ban?

Health ministry suggests the surest temporary means of protecting Solomon Islands, all eyes on cabinet to decide BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE Ministry of health and medical services (MHMS) has reportedly requested a temporary travel ban on incoming travellers from Wuhan…

Alfred Pagepitu
January 31, 2020

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