BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO WORK to revamp staff houses for health workers in the three clinics along the border catchment area is progressing and will be fully operational to the overall covid-19 operations along the border with Bougainville soon. This…
BY BEN BILUA THE World Bank says covid-19 vaccine is the only hope for tourism and travel in the pacific. Research carried out by World Bank towards end of 2020 states that tourism and travel will continue to slow down…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA NATIONAL government while dealing with covid-19 will introduce some control on the ‘frequency’ of foreign nationals leaving and re-entering the country. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his fortnightly nationwide address yesterday said “such frequent trips put a…
BY BEN BILUA HONIARA has been described as one of the fastest growing cities in the Pacific. The annual urban growth according to UN-Habitant – Urban profiling in Solomon Islands in 2011 was at 4.7 per cent with the number…
GOLD Ridge Mining Limited (GRML) donated 15,000 facial masks and 1008 of 75 percent alcohol hand sanitisers to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) National Medical Store yesterday to support efforts against covid-19. In his brief remarks at…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA FOUR Papua New Guineans from Tasman island have been remanded in custody for illegal entry into the country via Pelau in the Malaita Outer Islands on 26 December 2020. The four accused are Thomas Poraka, Lester Kapua,…
GOV’T needs to do more to help ease school fee pressure: Wale The Leader of Opposition, Mr Matthew Wale, has called on the government to take steps to alleviate the burden of school fees on fee-payers for all levels of…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRESIDENT of the Solomon Islands Bar Association (SIBA) Eran Soma has raised disappointment over reports published in the media attacking judges over particular decisions. Soma said such personal attacks are unacceptable and uncalled for because they undermine…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA Coronavirus (Covid-19) quarantine graduates, especially from Chengs facility are seeking for the possibility of ‘counselling service’ to be provided. According to some graduates, staying in quarantine for a long period has been challenging for them and they…
Government to apply for covid-19 vaccine today for only 0.25 percent of country’s population BY BEN BILUA THE hype over covid-19 vaccine dies as reality sinks in with the possibility that Solomon Islands may only get enough vaccines for 0.25…
