COVID-19

BY BEN BILUAGizo PREMIER of Western Province has warned foreign cargo vessel MV Vimaru Pearl and its agent, saying the ship is not welcome in the province. MV Vimaru Pearl was on the news headlines earlier...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO TIMES are hard, and so are Job opportunities in Honiara and other urban centres around the country. For many women, the Honiara Central Market has been a source of income during these...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO The Seventh Day Adventist Church has thrown its full support behind the covid-19 vaccine. In doing so, it has downplayed rumours that the Church does not allow covid-19 vaccination for its members. This...

By Brian Lezutuni Vaccine rollout in Solomon Islands and across the Pacific is critical to economic recovery. And Australia is leading efforts to vaccinate countries in the region with its vaccine dose supply expected to reach...

COVID-19 is a deadly killer, make no mistake about it. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his nationwide address Monday said the best way to protect yourself, your family, and your communities from COVID-19 is to...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Covid-19 Oversight Committee responsible will investigate the breach of the State of Public Emergency. This was in relation to the release of information about the current COVID-19 positive case detected aboard...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE two COVID-19 vaccines - AstraZeneca and Sinopharm - are effective in fighting against the Delta Variant of COVID-19. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stated this on Monday in his national address. “The vaccines...

BY JARED KOLI PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the Government will consider ways to provide support to students in Fiji while continually assessing the COVID-19 situation there.   “The Oversight Committee is discussing the Fiji situation...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AN overseas ship carrying a crew who was tested positive for covid-19 last week in the Western Province remains under quarantine, pending the outcome of another test result. That’s according to Prime...

JAPAN has offered to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Solomon Islands it is current manufacturing once the World Health Organisation (WHO) approves it. The AstraZeneca vaccines will be provided through the COVAC facility. Japanese Prime Minister Suga...