BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE much talked about repatriation flight that would bring in passengers from markedly high-risk countries in terms of covid-19 arrived last night. Loti Yates Director National Disaster Management Office (NMDO) confirmed to Island Sun that the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE national vaccination policy paper has been prepared to be submitted to the cabinet says Dr Yogesh Choudri Technical Advisor to Health Ministry. Choudhri said the paper is prepared by the Ministry of Health and Medical…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA IN a landmark ruling, a Malaysian logging company has been ordered to pay $3.2 million to landowners in Isabel for trespass, nuisance and damages it caused to the environment. Solomon Islands Court of Appeal made the order…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ATTEMPTS were made by a so-called police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer and two members of Solomon Forest Association to reconcile with Orion Limited Chan Chee Min last week. This started when Chan Chee Min received a…
By EDDIE OSIFELO A MALAYSIAN logging company that pleaded guilty to the illegal harvesting of tubi trees in Isabel has been given the right to sell those tubi logs. Environment minister Titus Fika made the directive in a letter he…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA GOVERNMENT says it will make its position at a later date on the Fiji Government’s arrest and deportation of the Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific (|USP) on Wednesday night. Professor Pal Ahluwalia and…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI AUTHORITIES are calling on the public in Malaita to stop stigmatising Sumari village and its people. This call goes especially to the communities surrounding Sumari. The Malaita Provincial Emergency Operation Centre (MPEOC) makes this call following…
CITY mayor Wilson Mamae has questioned the lawfulness of the call for submissions by the Chairman for Public Accounts Committee, Douglas Ete, on the Special Investigations Audit Report on the accounts and records of the Honiara City Council. Mamae questioned…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO OUTCOME of the COVID-19 vaccine application for 0.25 percent of the country’s population is still unknown. This was confirmed by Dr Yogesh Choudhri, technical advisor to Ministry of Health Medical Services at the recent radio talkback…
OPPOSITION leader Matthew Wale questions the independence of the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) and the conduct of its officials in dealing with Solomon Forest Association (SFA), a private organisation formed to protect the interests of foreign…
