Honiara City Mayor Eddie Siapu is urging city residences and business houses to comply with orders given by the Prime Minister under the State of Public Emergency. This follows the COVID outbreak and the lockdown imposed for 4 days in the capital starting this evening. Mayor Siapu in an issued statement said the orders are…
CONTACT tracing at which ports and areas that crews of Landing Craft (LC) Nusatupe have berthed at Western Province is set to begin. Health officials at the Western Province have been deployed to do contact tracing in Noro, Munda and Marovo. Initial reports claimed the landing craft left Honiara on Saturday 15th January and arrived…
COVID-19 positive cases in Auki, Malaita Province remain at five, says the Malaita Provincial Health Director Dr. Rex Maukera. Speaking to Solomon Star Auki this afternoon (Tuesday 25th January) Dr. Maukera said a total of 11 COVID-19 swab tests have been carried out in Auki since the outbreak was announced of which five of the…
AS Honiara residents prepare for the nation’s second lockdown later today, the debate over the origin of the COVID-19 community transmission continues unabated. The government maintains that Ontong Java in the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) is the source of the outbreak of the community transmission, which began on Wednesday 19th January. Then, there were only…
TWO mobile mortuaries are going to be provided by the Australia Government to support National Referral Hospital’s capacity of availability of morgue. That’s according to Ms Pauline McNeil Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services when speaking during a radio talk back show. Sunday. She said Australia will support NRH with the…
FANGS Company has offered his building at Nggossi for the nurses and doctors at the National Referral Hospital to rest and self-isolate. National Referral Hospital (NRH) Medical Superintendent Dr Janella Solomon said the building is fully furnished with supplies of water and dry goods (food) that can last for more than two weeks. Dr Solomon…
THERE is now growing fear that the local freighter vessel MV Nusatupe visited more areas than expected. Reports reaching Solomon Star Gizo said the vessel anchored at Rukutu to off load cargoes as well as passengers then travelled to Munda and Taro. Noro refused the vessel entry so the vessel headed straight for Gizo before…
THE Auki Magistrates Court will remain close until February 7th 2022. A statement from the Office of the Chief Magistrate said this was due to the impact of the current outbreak of COVID-19. The statement said all cases listed for any date from now until February 7th are adjourned for further mention on February 7th…
THE Isabel Provincial Government has substantially increased its Business Licence fee for mining from $1 million to $5 million a year – an increase of 500 percent on the previous rate. The move has raised alarm bells ringing in the industry with some saying there is no justification for the increase unless it was designed…
BUSINESSES in Honiara have taken measures to ensure customers and members of the public produce vaccination cards and wear masks when entering their premises. The Solomon Star over the last few days visited shops to see if government measures imposed for businesses are acted upon. All shops visited at Point Cruz and the few remaining…