THREE (3) top doctors at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) still refuses to get the Covid-19 vaccine to date. Speaking during the Covid-19 radio talk-back show yesterday, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health and Medical Services Pauline McNeil when responding to a question asked about the stand of 17 doctors who refused to get…
The people of Guadalcanal are no longer silent about the long delay in tabling the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report in parliament. The Guadalcanal Provincial Government (GPG) and its people came up with nine resolutions in total in their recent Guadalcanal Leaders’ Forum with resolution number seven specifically calling on the government of the…
CHILDREN from 12-years old and above in Honiara and Guadalcanal will be the first to get the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine that will arrive tomorrow. Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD), James Bosamata said Honiara followed by the Guadalcanal will be the first to get the vaccine, thus, he calls…
EIGHTEEN Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) within the Western Provincial Assembly who boycotted the September Full Assembly Meeting for days are being asked to refund the allowances they receive prior to the meeting. Failure to do so will result in false pretense charges being laid against them. This followed revelations the 18 MPAs actually…
THE Good Samaritan Hospital located in the east of Honiara is now equipped with its own diagnostic laboratory and X-ray equipment. That’s according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his fortnightly nation-wide address, Friday. “I am pleased to inform you all that the Good Samaritan Hospital located in the east of Honiara is now equipped…
THE Malaita Provincial Assembly is currently without a Deputy Speaker after its Deputy Speaker Joe Heroau recently joined the MARA government. The Deputy Speaker’s position was left vacant and by the look of things, the former MARA Deputy Premier Randol Sifoni is the most likely candidate to fill up the vacant position. Solomon Star Auki…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the Pfizer vaccines will arrive in the country on November 16th (Tuesday). Mr Sogavare stated this in his nation-wide address on Friday. “By next week we will have a third vaccine the Pfizer vaccine. “The Pfizer vaccines will arrive in the country on 16 November 2021,” Mr Sogavare said. He…
THE construction phase of the 2023 Pacific Games main stadium had created over 100 job opportunities for locals in various construction areas while injecting more money into the economy over a period of six months. During the same period, the project contractor of the Stadium Project has purchased 1,800 tons of cement and over 20,000…