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 BARNABAS MANEBONA CORONAVIRUS (Covid-19) positive cases in Solomon Islands drop to ‘four’. This is a reduction by one (1) from the 5 Covid-19 positive cases informed to the nation last week. These four positives include three returning UK-based soccer…
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 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…
PRC donates towards national covid-19 effort THE Peoples Republic of China handed over USD150,000 covid-19 response funding to the government, Friday last week. Chinese Ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency, Mr Li Ming handed a cheque of USD150 (over SBD1.2…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA OF the 17 positive Coronavirus (Covid-19) registered cases in the country announced last week Monday, ‘8’ remain positive while ‘9’ are now negative. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his Covid-19 ‘nationwide address’ yesterday was pleased to announce…
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…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A lockdown plan was approved by cabinet during their meeting on November 20, 2020. Deputy Director of the National Disaster Management Office Jonathan Tafiariki revealed during the talkback show yesterday that cabinet has approved a lockdown plan…
