AFTER issuing a Stop Notice to Sino Capital to stop logging in the Aola ward area of Guadalcanal Province weeks ago, the Guadalcanal Provincial Executive lead by premier Francis Sade decided to file a High Court case to seek injunction…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Electoral Commission will still discharge its work independently although it will now operate under the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet. The body, which is responsible for administering and managing elections, used to be under the…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI MAI-MAASINA Green Belt’s (MMGB) endeavour to save biodiversity in the southern region of Malaita province is gaining momentum. An executive member of MMGB, Mr Flex Naitoro said at the moment the organisation has up to 28…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SUSPECTS who had breached quarantine procedures have been identified and their names forwarded to responsible authorities to deal with. The breach of quarantine procedures happened when Camp management teams discovered forbidden items such as cigarettes and…
THE Solomon Islands National Provident Board has purchased a new $60 million bond issued by the Government on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 within the framework of an emerging secondary market for government debts. The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI)…
POLICE have arrested and charged three foreigners for prohibition of entry of non-citizens under the SOPE regulation. Commissioner of Police Mostyn Mangau says the three foreigners had entered travelling in two separate yachts together earlier this month and were seen…
MEHRD prelim report reveals cheating happened in exams By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has released a preliminary report that some ‘cheating’ had taken place during the Form 3, Form 5 and Form 6 examinations…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Solomon Islands Government (SIG) is worried over the new variant of covid-19 which was recently discovered. This has forced government to closely monitor people who will fly into the country from Japan due to the…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO OF the 17 recorded cases of covid-19 in the country 10 have recovered and three remain positive with four still in isolation at the National Referral Hospital (NHR). Dr Gregory Jilini, deputy secretary health improvement Ministry…
288 nationals expected to be repatriated this week BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO TWO hundred and eighty-eight nationals are expected to be repatriated from Fiji on December 29 and 30. These are graduating Solomon Islands students from the University of South…
