BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AND BANARBAS MANEBONA THE fourth Manila repatriation flight is likely on March 7 but is yet to be confirmed, said Dr Jimmie Rodgers, deputy secretary to the Oversight Committee, yesterday. “We are looking at one more…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO NATIONAL referral hospital (NRH) has rebuffed observations that ‘sleeping on the floor due to lack of bed’ is one contributing factor to deaths at the emergency ward. Chief Executive Officer of NRH, Dr George Malefoasi says,…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA RUMOUR that certain applicants have already been awarded with 2021 Solomon Islands Government (SIG) scholarships is ‘not true’. The ministry of education (MEHRD) rebuts this saying selection process had only just begun. “It is not an overnight…
20 beds, 60-100 patients per day at the Emergency BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Emergency Department (ED) at the national referral hospital (NRH) sees 60 to 100 patients per day. This is with only 20 beds. And, this imbalance in…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE Premier of Central province has clarified accusations of possible conflict of interest under his leadership in regards to payments being made to fuel depots owned by provincial workers. The accusations against the premier stemmed from a…
BY BEN BILUA CHAIRMAN of the North West Guadalcanal Subsistence Farmers Association (NWGSFA), Bernard Garo has rubbished reports of Rhinoceros beetle eating noni fruits, describing it to be unfounded and misleading. He made the statement in response to a report…
By EDDIE OSIFELO HONIARA resident Stephen Maki has provided legal documents yesterday to prove his call for City Mayor Wilson Mamae and Clerk, Rence Sore to resign. The two documents are: 1. Special Investigation Audit Report on the accounts and…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA DESPITE missing out on the Pfizer Vaccines for 0.25 percent of the country’s population, the COVAX Facility has confirmed allocation of an indicative number of 108,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his…
BY BEN BILUA THE Minister of Agriculture for Guadalcanal Province, Daniel Besa’o says food security is an ongoing issue and efforts to address the issue has been lagging behind time. He made the statement during the launching of partnership to…
1000-plus cases, RSIPF find difficulty in disposing high profile cases By EDDIE OSIFELO THE two investigation departments with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) are finding it difficult to dispose high profile cases quickly. This is because there are…
