THE proposed sit-in protest by 500 members of the Solomon Islands Nurse Association (SINA) scheduled for this morning has been called off after authorities turned down the request. SINA General Secretary Steven Maitani in a statement last night issued the decision to call off the peaceful protest. The protest is over the delays to the…
Gizo Market in Western Province will be closed for business this weekend for another general clean inside the marketing area. That’s according to the Gizo Market Manager Moffat Maeta during a notice issued to the public. The closure will happen on 31st October and 1st of November which will be this coming Saturday and Sunday…
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale is calling on the Prime Minister to take urgent steps to address the allowances of front-line officers in the fight against Covid-19, which had been revealed as being unpaid since September 2020. Hon. Wale said, “If the reports are true, then it is clearly hypocritical of the government…
Members of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Executive will benefit from eight laptops funded by the Australian Government through the Solomon Island Police Development Program (SIPDP) to assist in the COVID-19 operation. Commander of SIPDP Mark Ney handed over the laptops to the Commissioner of Police, Mostyn Mangau during a brief ceremony at the Rove Police…
A MAN has been fined $300 without conviction yesterday for breaching the Covid-19 related lock-down on May 20 after he had a flat tyre at the Lungga Bridge area, East Honiara. Smith Solodia was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of restriction of movement. He was seen driving a car along the Lungga Bridge…
THE country now has a new Commissioner of Lands within the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey after more than two years. He is Alan McNeil who formally received his appointment contract effective 17th September 2020. He will look after the office for the next three years. Mr. McNeil originally from Scotland, United Kingdom (UK) …
SECRETARY to the Prime Minister (SPM) Dr. Jimmy Rodgers assured the nation that the COVID-19 test machines are reliable and complement each other when testing for the COVID-19 virus. The assurance was given following doubts over the inconsistency of the COVID-19 test results of the first four cases. It was understood that the Solomon Islands…
IN the interest of public safety and security, all Solomon Islands Government Quarantine Station (QS) and Isolation units will be installed with CCTV equipment. This assurance was revealed by Attorney General John Muria Jr when responding to a question of privacy in the quarantine sites and isolation units. “National security threat caused by this pandemic…
MALAITA Provincial Member forward 14 David Solo Baerara proposes that all Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) should be entitled to discretionary fund allocation in the 2020/2021 period. He made the proposal when he contributed to the sine die motion on the floor of the Malaita Provincial Assembly last week. Mr. Baerara said MPA deserves…
Still waiting for outstanding allowances By ANDREW FANASIA & MOFFAT MAMUNewsroom, Honiara Front-line officers claimed they are still waiting for their allowance since September and it’s becoming uneasy for them. In an exclusive interview with this paper via phone, a reliable source within the front-liners said they have put in a number of submissions on…