Unavailability of medical consumables sends National Referral Hospital Theatres into emergency mode THEATRES at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) are reportedly being forced to go into emergency mode as medical consumables such as gauge and other accessories are no longer available. Because of the situation, “all hospital departments who are theatre users have decided to…
THE Australian Government is delivering 13 new community-partnership projects to 13 schools and communities in the country. To formalise the delivery of the projects, the Australian High Commission hosted a project signing ceremony at its Annex Building in Honiara which will be delivered through the ‘Direct Aid Program’ under the Solomon Islands-Australia Partnership. The Project…
A MAN who received a stolen mobile phone from another person at Tinge Ridge, Honiara, in March this year has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. However, the defendant Patrick Pambo,19, who had pleaded guilty to one count of receiving will be serving only eight months behind bars. This was after Principal Magistrate, Felix…
THE High Court will this afternoon deliver the verdict on the case involving the former president of the Solomon Islands Medical Association (SIMA) who was terminated last year for criticising government’s handling of COVID-19 measures. Dr Claude Posala received his marching order in April 2022 under the Covid-19 State of Public Emergency. He was the…