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…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Solomon student in the Philippines who had covid, then recovered, and got re-infected with covid-19 has tested negative. The student had covid-19 while in the Philippines. He later recovered and passed tests with negative results…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AUTHORITIES are reportedly having a hard time contacting the 10 former covid-19 patients who are being sought to undergo a re-test. The 10 had previously recovered and tested negative before being released back to society, but…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA FORMS 3 and 5 school results will be made available Monday next week, while results for form 6 will be ready on Wednesday. Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) revealed this yesterday as parents look…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA A TOTAL of 522 people quarantined have been released from the 821 that arrived during December 2020. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said 299 remained and most of these will be released today and tomorrow. In his weekly…
