WHEN he was consecrated as the Third Bishop of Malaita on 20th May 1990, thousands of people including Archbishops and Bishops from here and abroad turned out to witness Bishop Raymond Aumae’s installation. He died last Saturday after a long illness. The late Bishop was buried on Monday this week. No bishops turned up to…
Two hundred and eighty-eight Solomon Island students have been repatriated back into the country, Tuesday. Most of them are graduating Solomon Islands students from the University of South Pacific (USP). They landed at the Honiara international airport yesterday afternoon. Fiji Sun yesterday reported that the students packed the Nadi International Airport terminal for check-ins before…
A TOTAL of 264 personals are still occupying the quarantine stations undergoing the quarantine process. A spokesperson from the Camp Management sector committee confirmed this during the talk-back show on Sunday. He said those who are in quarantines are mostly the ones who have just arrived on the 9th of December from Manila in the…
A 29-year old male suspect in relation to an alleged robbery incident at the Winwin mining company operating in Central Guadalcanal was arrested on Monday morning. The second suspect was among the seven men that drove the G-plated white plain Toyota land cruiser when they entered the Winwin mining company on the 9 December 2020, a…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki are investigating a fatal accident of a male person in his mid-20s along the Busurata road in Central Kwara’ae on 25 December 2020. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province Inspector Michael Romosaea says, “It is alleged that three were seen consuming alcohol since…
SINPF Board purchase new gov’t long term development bond The Solomon Islands National Provident (SINPF) Board has purchased a new $60 million bond issued by the Government on Tuesday 22 December 2020 within the framework of an emerging secondary market for government debts. This was announced by SINPF in a statement yesterday. The Central Bank…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Honiara has confirmed that no COVID-19 Vaccines will be imported and be used in the Solomon Islands unless those vaccines are approved by WHO. Speaking during the weekly Talkback Show held on Sunday, Dr. Yogesh Dr. Yogesh Choudhri from WHO-Solomon Islands said as some countries have started their…
TWO Hundred and eighty-eight of our nationals in Fiji are expected to be repatriated as of today. These are mainly graduating Solomon Islands students from the Fiji universities. Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr. Jimmie Rodgers during this week’s radio tack-back said upon their arrival they will be serving their mandatory quarantine period before they…
MAKIRA Ulawa Province has moved one step further as they witness the arrival of Ramp for their new wharf in Kirakira on Saturday. Premier Julian Maka’a told the paper on Sunday he was very pleased to see things moving in terms of the Ramp construction. “I am very happy indeed that this has finally started. It…
The total number of criminal incidences reported to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) so far has shown an increase of 235 cases over the number of incidences reported during last year 2019. Last year 8,083 cases were reported to the RSIPF while so far this year 8,318 has been reported to police, a…