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Suppliers agree to relabel products

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THERE is good results from Honiara City Council’s (HCC) operation against foreign language labelled goods in shops last week, it is reported. Wholesalers and HCC’s inspection unit have struck an agreement whereby the suppliers will relabel…

4 men alleged of armed burglary in court

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case against four men alleged of burgling homes in 2015 will be mentioned in the Honiara Magistrate Court today. Frank Firimolea, Fred Taebo Dara, and Lawrence Liliva and a 15-year-old juvenile are facing various charges in…

Airbus still awaits engine

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Solomon Airlines A320 H4-BUS being sent to ST Aerospace Engineering in Singapore for scheduled maintenance since February is still waiting for one of its engines under restoration work. This is according to a Solomon Airlines media…

More females with NCD than men: MHMS report

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THERE are more reported cases of females with non-communicable diseases than men in the Solomon Islands, it is reported. Solomon Islands is currently facing a ‘double-disease burden’ with high prevalence of communicable diseases and high growth…

Drop in HIV testing in SI

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE number of people undergoing test for Human Immuno-deficiency (HIV) has declined by half last year, it is reported. MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) in its 2017 Health Core Indicator Report stated the number…

395 TB cases each year

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA AROUND 395 cases of tuberculosis are reported each year in the Solomon Islands, according to a health ministry report. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services’ 2017 Health Core Indicator Report says for the period 2015-2017,…

MP’s trial set for 8th May

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA TRIAL into the case against the Member of Parliament for Baegu/Asifola Constituency is set to resume tomorrow. Yesterday pertaining legal issues were sorted out and the case adjourned for tomorrow for trial proper. This is the case…