PRIME Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare has announced an immediate suspension on all incoming passengers’ services until further notice. The suspension was put in place by the national health emergency operation centre after the country has recorded a two newly positive Covid-19 cases over the weekend. Speaking in his urgent nationwide address yesterday, PM Sogavare said…
On Christmas Eve in Australia A LOCAL Solomon Islander who works as seasonal worker in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia has died on Christmas Eve. According to a source in Australia, the deceased collapsed when he and his colleague were sitting around a fire warming themselves after a hard day at work. The deceased was…
A PERSON is dead and another fighting for his life at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) after after tampering with a World War II (WWII) bomb on the eastern side of Hells point, close to Tenaru area on Friday, 24th December 2021. Officer In-charge (OIC) of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Royal…
The Solomon Islands High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji, His Excellency Joseph Ma’ahanua on Tuesday 21st December paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Fiji, Honorable Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama. High Commissioner Maáhanua conveyed warm greetings from the Government and people of Solomon Islands to the Government and people of Fiji, and expressed…
The Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has this afternoon announced two more COVID-19 positive cases detected in quarantine. “ Fellow citizens, today I have been advised by the Ministry of Health and I regret to inform you all that our laboratory has diagnosed two new cases of COVID-19. This has now increased our COVID-19 cases…
A SINGLE mother who surrendered her Kwaso brewing apparatus to police was warned not to be involved in Kwaso (homebrew) brewing again. The single mother from a village in Central Kwara’ae in Malaita Province voluntarily surrendered her Kwaso brewing apparatus to the Auki police on Tuesday this week during the Auki police festive session operation.…
Alcohol theft accused released on bail A MAN accused of stealing a carton of premix alcohol from the Umi Kaban Liqour shop at Kukum on November 25 during the unrest in Honiara has been released on bail. The 23 year-old was released on a cash bail of $500 and a principal bail of $500…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Lata in Temotu Province have confiscated equipment used for brewing kwaso (homebrew) at Lata on the 20 December 2021. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Temotu Province Superintendent James Toaki says, “Police arrived at the scene and confiscated a nine kilogram cylinder used for distilling kwaso and…
HER Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth, has recognised Joe Billy Oge, representing Solomon Islands, as the 208th recipient of the Commonwealth Points of Light award in honour of his exceptional voluntary service to the ‘Solomon Islands Scout Association’. Joe Billy Oge, aged 45, is Chief Commissioner of the ‘Solomon Islands Scouts…
GUADALCANAL Provincial Premier Francis Sade has acknowledged the challenges that all women Guadalcanal continue to face. Speaking during the Guadalcanal Province Council of Women (GPCW) Christmas get-together party last week, Premier Sade said despite the limited resources that Guadalcanal Provincial Government has, his executive will continue to work with the GPCW to address some of…