SEVEN members of the local media outlets in the country yesterday had the opportunity to experience aerial surveillance work conducted by Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF). Tuesday’s flight onboard one C-27J Spartan aircraft was part of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) led regional surveillance operation Kurukuru that is currently undergoing two weeks operation out of Solomon…
MALAITA Province Premier Daniel Suidani has responded to concerns raised by few Members of Province Assembly (MPAs) in Malaita on the current road status in East Malaita at sine die motion on Friday 23rd October in Auki. Suidani said it is sad that the issue of highway road and bridge in the province was raised…
Malaita Province has acknowledged CAUSE Project for the projects implemented in Auki, some of them have completed, others are ongoing and some are in the pipeline. Provincial Secretary for Malaita Province Fredrick Faabasua said the CAUSE project is one of the few donor-funded initiatives that has successfully met its objectives on the ground. In the…
THE first group of students from the Philippines quarantined at GBR in East Honiara will be released if they tested negative, Wednesday. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his special nationwide address on Tuesday revealed this. “These are the students that had been quarantined at GBR.” Meanwhile, for students that are quarantined at Chengs, their 21-day quarantine period…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says poor attitude by some returning nationals has put our country at risk. Prime Minister Sogavare stated its standard requirement that all passengers must complete their pre-departure tests and truthfully fill a risk assessment questionnaire that is assessed by the health team before passengers are allowed to board. He said…
PRIME Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare has congratulated the newly graduated 79 nurses during his nationwide address this week. The seventy-nine nurses (79) have graduated to Registered Nurse (RN) status after successfully completing a 12 months ‘Nurses Supervised Practice program on Friday. “Fellow citizens, allow me to also congratulate the 79 nurses that have been awarded…
Opposition Leader Matthew Wale strongly condemns the alleged bribery attempt by two officers of a logging company on the Malaita Provincial Police Commander in Auki, Stanley Riolo. Mr. Wale in a statement yesterday commended PPC Riolo for refusing to accept the bribe and publishing the incident. “In this PPC Riolo has shown a good example…
THE premier of Malaita Province Daniel Suidani reminds and encourages all Malaita Provincial members to first and foremost prioritise the interests of the people. He issued the challenge during his contribution to the sine die motion in the provincial chamber on the 22nd of October in Auki. He said that the purpose of becoming a…
A TWENTY-ONE (21) year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 22-year-old male person at the Borderline bus stop in East Honiara on Friday 23 October 2020. Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Naha Police Station made the arrest, a statement from Police Media Unit said. Supervising Provincial Police…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says COVID-19 is not a game but a serious disease. Prime Minister Sogavare highlighted this when he expressed his disappointment as a result of carelessness and dishonesty by some returning citizens. “We have established that some returning citizens have not been truthful when filling in their risk assessment forms. As a…