IN A TOUCHING manner the Australian High Commissioner His Excellency Dr. Lachlan Strahan offered words of condolence to the family of last Sunday’s bomb explosion victim in Honiara. The words spoken to the Premier of the Western Province David Gina on behalf of the family was taken to the heart by those who were present…
The new City Mayor Eddie Siapu chaired his first Executive meeting since taking over the Mayor’s position. In his remarks, Mayor Siapu said he is overwhelmed by the confidence vested upon him to assume the leading role as the Head of HCC Governance. “Despite all odds, this is the beginning of a new era as…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has welcomed the offer by the Australian Government to donate 60,000 doses of AstraZeneca to Solomon Islands. The vaccines are manufactured from the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories [CSL] in Melbourne. The Prime Minister said Solomon Islands is one of four countries in the region that had been prioritized to be the first…
PRIME Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare has announced that the World Health Organisation [WHO] has approved the Sinopharm vaccine under its Emergency Use Listing. The Prime Minister in his nationwide address yesterday said Sinopharm is the fifth COVID-19 vaccine that has been approved by the WHO. The other four are; The Pfizer Vaccine The Moderna Vaccine…
Man jailed for cutting another man with knife Man who burnt mum’s house behind bars Submissions on minimum term for parole next Man jailed for cutting another man with knife A MAN who cut another man with a knife resulting in the victim sustaining permanent damage to his finger and a cut on his…
Australia and Solomon Islands’ strong and enduring security partnership has reached another milestone on Friday as Solomon Islands received its second Guardian-class Patrol Boat under Australia’s Pacific Maritime Security Program. The High Commissioner for Solomon Islands, His Excellency Mr. Robert Sisilo, accepted RSIPV Taro on behalf of the Solomon Islands Government at a ceremony in…
SOLOMON Islands remains COVID-19 free. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare during his nation-wide address on Monday announced that there are no new COVID-19 cases recorded in the last two to three weeks. “I am extremely pleased to announce that we have now been COVID-19 free for more than two weeks,” he said. The Prime Minister said the…
‘Living on top a man-made volcano’ HONIARA City Council (HCC) and Guadalcanal Province together with the national government must now take the threats of UXO to the public of Honiara and Guadalcanal very seriously. Former Special Secretary to the Government Andrew Muaki told this paper yesterday. His call came after an aviation engineer at…
• U.S affirmed support to deal with UXOs• More than 70% of WW2 bomb still alive UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Erin McKee says they are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic incident in Honiara this past weekend and mourn the loss of life.…
Bomb blast kills top local aviation engineer and youth leader GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Aviation and Communication (MCA) is mourning the loss of one of our top local qualified aviation engineers who was killed in a bomb blast incident yesterday. Raziv Hilly, from Vella La Vella and Rannoggah in Western Province, was one of…