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“Iron queens” stuck in Nauru

By Taromane Martin WEIGHTLIFTING queens Jenly Wini and Mary Lifu Kini are currently stranded in Nauru awaiting any opportunity to travel back to Honiara. The two local weightlifters are currently both in quarantine along with other fellow pacific island weightlifters…

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Curfew day-two nets 10 – commissioner praises citizens for their behaviour By Alfred Sasako ACTING Police Commissioner, Mostyn Mangau, has praised the people living within the Honiara City boundary emergency zone for their behaviour during the two-day curfew which ended…

Curfew nets 53

By Alfred Sasako FIFTY-THREE people, four of them women, were arrested for allegedly breaching emergency rules under the 8pm-5am curfew, which came into force for the first time on Friday night, police said last night. They face a $10, 000-fine,…

Quarantine sites cleared

BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II COVID-19 Institutional Quarantine Facilities (IQFs) in Honiara have been vacated following the release of the remaining 15 passengers after undergoing the required 14-day quarantine. Speaking to this paper last night IQF’s Chairman, Karl Kuper confirmed the…

Untold stories

-Government’s state of emergency playing into hands of employers, also exposing evil deeds -Indigenous employees fall victim By Alfred Sasako THE State of Emergency, declared by the Government on Friday, March 27 in the fight to keep the deadly COVID-19…