BY BEN BILUA THE Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) is looking at promoting domestic tourism as international tourism has been grounded due to covid-19. Chief Executive Officer of SIVB, Mr Josefa Tuamoto said the impact of covid-19 has been well…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CORONAVIRUS (Covid-19) testing capabilities has been a main pillar in Solomon Islands’ success to contain the virus, said Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. In his nationwide address yesterday, Mr Sogavare said more than 7000 tests have been conducted…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE number of covid-19 cases remain at two following the reactivation of a negative case (which later became positive), says prime minister Manasseh Sogavare. Mr Sogavare when delivering his national address yesterday echoed that in the…
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…
