BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SIXTEEN returning female students quarantined at the Guadalcanal Beach Resort were released yesterday after completing all testing protocols. Karl Kuper, Chairman for Institutional Quarantine Facilities (IQF), confirmed that the 17 students, who returned from the Philippines,…
Nurses to stage sit-in protest over unpaid allowance claim BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO NURSES in Honiara and Guadalcanal will stage a sit-in protest starting tomorrow over delays to their covid-19 allowance claims. The action is likely to bring to a…
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II THE Honiara City Council (HCC) owned Multi-Purpose sporting facility will be fully operational into a new ‘field hospital’ by the end of this week. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made this known during his nationwide address on…
One of four new covid-19 cases had refused to wear mask in plane BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO SELFISH attitude of one returning national repatriated on Sunday night’s flight has put the country at greater risk to the virus. Prime Minister…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA IT is said that now is the proper time for national government to repatriate citizens in Honiara to their provinces having Solomon Islands already registering positive Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. When Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare called for repatriation…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE country has recorded four new cases of covid-19. This brings the national tally to eight cases in total; four active, four inactive and fully recovered. All four new cases are asymptomatic, continuing the country’s remarkable…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has today announced four new COVID-19 cases in the country. Speaking during a special address this afternoon, the Prime Minister said all four cases are from our 16 soccer players that had been stranded in the…
THE Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) warns against outboard motors (OBMs) going out to foreign vessels while anchored at sea in the Port Cruz Harbour area. RSIPF Maritime Division, Commander Chief Superintendent, Charles Fox says, “The Maritime Division is…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A total of 75 nurses and 55 doctors working at the National Referral Hospital are enlisted into the covid-19 deployment roster, says Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. “A total of 75 nurses and 55 doctors currently working…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA NATIONAL Government remains committed to security and surveillance at the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (PNG) border. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said support towards strengthening community preparedness and response to Coronavirus (Covid-19) is ongoing by the…
