OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale says authorities need to pull up their socks in enforcing COVID-19 measures and restrictions within the emergency zones. Hon Wale made the call following the statement from the health minister last night that people are not adhering to measures such as wearing masks, social distancing, hand sanitizing, use of vaccination…
THE Pacific Legal Network (PLN) is pleased to announce that Solomon Islands lawyer William Kadi will join the team, working with Primo Afeau in Honiara, effective 1st February. Having spent the last five years working at the Public Solicitors Office of the Solomon Islands, William brings a wealth of experience but particularly relevant to PLN…
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…
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…