THE country’s COVID response plan has been active since the declaration of COVID-19 as a health pandemic by World Health Organisation (WHO). This was highlighted by the Chairman of the National Disaster Council (NDC) and Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Meteorology and Disaster Dr Melchior Mataki during Sunday’s talk-back show.…
THE Government through the Ministry of the Public Service has terminated public officers who have not taken their full vaccination. The ministry has given a three months grace period extension effective February 9 for public servants who have received their first dose during the extended grace period. This is to allow them to complete their…
A 40 year-old man who cut his 16-year-old nephew with a bush knife while he was sleeping over suspicion he had an affair with his wife has been sentenced to two years imprisonment. Eliah Eliot Manehogo Tobahogo was sentenced via zoom video link recently in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded guilty to one…
BANK South Pacific yesterday announces a reduction in interest rate for personal loans. In a notice issued on Monday, the bank said the decrease in its lending rate will be effective today, 1st March 2022. It said the new decreased interest rates are between 16 per cent to 13 per cent. “BSP personal loan is…
THE proposed first friendly match for the country’s national men’s football team against Australia’s A-league’s Brisbane Roars today is now postponed. Coach Felipe Arango confirmed the postponement yesterday. Felipe said this is due to the bad weather experienced in Brisbane where the team is camping for the next two weeks. “We have to postpone last…
ATTORNEY General (AG) recently clarified the charges laid against the Papua New Guinean doctor and his wife who illegally entered the country on 9th January 2022. The Attorney General John Muria Junior clarified the charges during the Oversight Committee talkback show over the weekend, after a lot of commentary was made prior to the acquit…
SOLOMON Islands on Monday recorded 67 new COVID-19 positive cases bringing the country’s total case count to 7049. Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana in his daily update on the COVID-19 situation in the country last night said these figures are data collected from the provinces from midday, Monday. Dr Togamana said…
A 28 year-old man who people labeled as a con-man on social media after a YouTube Music Video of him went viral has been remanded in custody over a number of charges including rape. Jaret Sialo who was remanded in custody on Saturday faces one count of rape, larceny from a person, common assault and…
TWENTY eight COVID-19 positive cases are currently admitted at the National Referral Hospital. Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana said of the 28 cases, 23 are in the National Referral Hospital Golden Ward – the ward set aside for critical and severe COVID-19 patients – the remaining five cases are admitted at…
THE Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale has urged the government to condemn the actions by Russia in invading Ukraine at the United Nations General Assembly this week. Honorable Wale in a statement today (Monday 28th February) urged the government to speak out on behalf of the people of Solomon Islands in condemning the unprovoked…