Full vaccination and adherences to health safety measures are the best protection against covid 19, according to the Minister of Health and Medical Services. Minister Togamana said on Thursday 24 February that data has indicated that most fully vaccinated people that were sick with covid-19 at the start of the outbreak in Honiara city have…
MOST of the passengers who have travelled from Honiara to Malaita via Outboard Motors (OBM) are unvaccinated, it was revealed. Speaking to this paper on anonymity, one of the passengers who recently arrived in Malaita on an OBM this week said everyone who travelled with him on the same OBM were unvaccinated. The passenger revealed that…
MANY outboard motor (OBM) transport providers along with their passengers are stranded in Gizo, Western Province and could not travel back to their villages after fuel finally ran out. On Thursday most of the fuel operators and privately operated depots in Gizo are without any fuel especially petrol. Most OBM uses pre-mix petrol. As a…
OPPOSITION Leader Matthew Wale has questioned why five Asians that arrived on the Patrol Boat from Ontong Java over the weekend were allowed to ‘self isolate’ instead of being detained. Mr Wale in a statement questioned why were the Asians not detained as the other foreigners on the boat. This followed a report in the…
AS the travel date for MV Fair Glory to make a special trip from Honiara to three ports in Western Province next Monday looms, passengers who are confirmed to travel are now paying up their sea fares. Yesterday a number of people have started paying for their one way sea fare at the Fairwest Shipping…
SINCE the COVID outbreak in the country early January, the 300 inmates at the Rove Central Correctional Centre (RCCC) in Honiara remains COVID-free thanks to the hard work of the CSSI management and staff. A statement issued by CSSI Media Unit said this is a significant achievement for RCCC to share in the midst of…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has been boosted with Public Order Management (POM) equipment following the formal handing over of the much needed gear by the Peoples Republic of China in Honiara, Thursday. Witnessing the handover and a demonstration by Chinese Police Liaison Officers are Police Minister Hon. Anthony Veke, Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau,…
THE Honiara City Council has passed a resolution, which authorized all its Honiara Clinics to buy and stock the anti-cold drug, RESTOCIN so it could be used to treat cases of corona virus infection, former Mayor Wilson Mamae has confirmed. The resolution, proposed by the Deputy Lord Mayor, Robert Oge, was unanimously passed by the…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Ministry of Police, National Security Correctional Services (MPNSCS) and the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Rove Police Headquarters today 24 February 2022. Today marks another significant day for the twenty one (21) year friendship with the signing of a new…
A LOCAL concerned citizen in East Honiara Mr. Milton Simon Ulu’ue says that Honorable Leader of Opposition is always negative against the current ruling DCGA regime. He said ever since he was appointed as the leader of opposition, never at any time he ever uttered support to the government and its effort to build the…