“THEY came in five homemade rafters, armed with knives and other weapons.” This was the start of what happened around 2am Saturday at the Ocean Sky Company compound at Mataniko. The owner of the company Reginald Xie, his family and security guards were at the compound at the time of the incident. Mr Xie said…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs & External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele welcome the announcement made by the US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken to re-establish the US Embassy in Honiara. The announcement was made by Secretary Blinken during the US –Pacific Island Leaders Meeting held on Saturday 12 February 2022. Foreign Minister Manele, assured…
SOLOMON Islands total number of COVID-19 positive cases has reached 4827 as of midday yesterday (Monday 14th February). Minister of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana in his daily COVID-19 update last night said 202 new cases have been reported from midday Sunday to midday yesterday. Dr Togamana said of the…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has lashed out at the OPMC response claiming his office is ignorant on issues raised against the Prime Minister and the government. Hon Wale said the response by the OPMC clearly shows that the OPMC does not even understand the constitutional mandate of the Opposition Office. The Opposition Leader reiterated…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have arrested four male adult suspects in relation to a looting incident that happened in the early hours on the12th of February 2022 in Chinatown. Police Commissioner Mr. Mostyn Mangau says, “The incident happened early in the morning when a group of more 20 to 30…
THE HONIARA City Council will set up two fixed sites for vaccination this week. Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Pauline McNeil said the two sited identified are Lawson Tama and the Solomon Islands Ports area. The permanent secretary made this announcement as the demand for vaccination continues to rise in Honiara. Mrs…
CHURCHES that want to resume church services will need to forward their application to the Oversight Committee. Special Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Jimmie Rodgers said this is because anywhere people congregate and one person is infected more people in that congregation will be infected. “…for instance if you do normal church practices even…
THE Solomon Islands Chinese Association (SICA) has condemned in its strongest terms the ongoing attacks on Chinese business owners. A statement from SICA yesterday (Saturday 12th February) said it is shocking to learn that in recent weeks there is an increased number of robberies, break and enters, home invasions and attacks on Chinese business owners. …
OPPOSITION LEADER Hon Matthew Wale has questioned the Prime Minister and the Oversight Committee the rationale behind the change in curfew times. This followed the announcement by the government that the Prime Minister yesterday has signed an order to further reduce current curfew hours effective yesterday until revoked. The new curfew hours are from 12:00am…
THE country’s total number of COVID-19 positive cases now stands at 4203 as for midday yesterday (Thursday 10th February). Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana said a total of 229 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24hours – 166 in Honiara which represented 72 per cent of new cases and…