THE important policy directions currently undertaken by the Solomon Islands government is to ensure the COVID -19 is eliminated from the country and to keep the economy flowing. Chief of Staff at the Prime Minister’s Office Robson Djokovic said since the country has faced up with financial issues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic;…
FOUR passengers were being red-flagged on their arrival from the repatriation flight on Sunday night. Out of 136 passengers, 22 of them were managed to be swabbed on their arrival where four of them have been raised questions and have been red-flagged. For the first tarmac testing was also conducted on Sunday night upon arrival.…
A repatriation flight that arrived last night in the country has brought in a mixture of risk people. Secretary to Prime Minister (SPM) Dr. Jimmy Rodgers revealed this on Sunday during the talk-back show. Close to 31 students plus a number of local footballers who played in England arrived last night on the repatriation flight. …
Now homeless, jobless, face visa issue in Taiwan By IAN M.KAUKUINewsroom, Honiara ABOUT twelve local students who have completed their studies in Taiwan are now stranded after they could not travel back over the weekend due to a lack of an airline ticket. Reports said the students turned up at the airport in Taipei on…
CHIA Tai Enterprises Ltd logging company claimed the call to halt its logging operation on Abarafi tribal land is not right as an agreement was legally made between the company and the rightful landowner trustees. The logging company made the statement in response to the so-called Abarafi Tribal Landowners Association Incorporation (ATLOAI)’s call to halt…
When is dishonesty theft? By Alfred Sasako JANE (not her real name) is this month counting her blessings. She almost lost $5, 000 of lifetime savings in a “mistake” by a teller in one of the four foreign-owned commercial banks in a bungle earlier this month. Jane lives and teaches in a rural school…
CENTRAL Honiara by-election contender Pauline Radoe Firisua says the constituency must take care of the needs of its children, youth, and women. She was speaking at the launch of her election campaign at the Honiara High School Hall yesterday. Mrs. Firisua was one of 10 candidates, and one of the three female contenders, vying for…
Alex Waimora’s dream for change By ESTHER NURIA NEWSROOM HONIARA Former International Football Player and KOSSA Technical Analyst Alex Waimora recently shared his story to the change-makers program about his love for football and how he wanted to help children and youths to peruse their goals in football. Alex Waimora started his sporting career in…
The Members of the Malaita Provincial government had conducted a low key reconciliation ceremony amongst themselves after the assembly meeting at the greenhouse on 23rd October in Auki. The reconciliation was opened with a word of prayer led by the MPA for Ward 20 Jimmy Rerehe to wind up the revised budget meeting for 2020/2021.…
Ministry of Health and Medical Services stated that ‘Nursing in Solomon Island needs to consider advanced nursing practices and extended nursing roles’. Dr. Culwick Togamana made the statement during the 2020 Nurses Registration ceremony on Friday 23 October at St. Barnabas Cathedral. “In a country where many of its programs are nurse-led with a continuous…