A total of 281 repatriates are being quarantined in the SIG Quarantine Stations, QS, after the arrival of two repatriation flights from Fiji last week. The Camp Management Sector Committee confirmed, 140 of the 281 arrived on Tuesday 29th December and are being quarantined at the King George the Sixth School, King Solomon Hotel, and DIDDS…
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, has called on the Prime Minister to quickly take steps to ensure that the Solomon Islands is ready for the Covid-19 vaccination programme. Hon. Wale expressed that the COVAX distribution of vaccines to countries will depend on the preparedness of countries both to receive the vaccine and roll…
Police at Taro in Choiseul Province are investigating a fatal road accident, which resulted in the death of an adult male person after he allegedly fell from a moving land cruiser vehicle and hit by a log at Soranamola in Choiseul Province on 24 December 2020. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Choiseul Province, Elliot Ngili…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Auki Police Station have confiscated kwaso products in communities in the West Fataleka region in Malaita Province during a joint operation on 31 December 2020. Police raided kwaso outlets at Gounatafu, Boboilangi, Fauabu, and Bend road in West Fataleka and have confiscated kwaso products,…
AN angry applicant has fired this year’s first salvo in the war of words over the disbursement of the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP), describing the $320 million give-away as a “scam.” “It is nothing more than a scam,” Community leader Charles Karaori told Solomon Star, Sunday. Mr. Karaori, who missed out on funding support he…
A Total of 133 Solomon Islands students studying in various universities in the Philippines are now graduated from the quarantine station before this New Year’s Eve. These are the group of students who came on the Second repatriation flight which was on the 9th of December. According to the quarantine management, these students have been…
GIZO Police in Western Province is now hunting for a group of suspects following strings of burglary incidents that occurred early Wednesday morning. The incident involved a number of masked men who broke into three buildings within hours – a shop and two offices in Gizo. The incident occurred between 1 and 4 am early yesterday morning.…
Under-budgeting blamed for delays in timely delivery of exam UNDER BUDGETING by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) this year has been blamed for the delay in delivering national exam papers so Form 3 students at Anuta and Tikopia could sit their tests on time. This was revealed by Mr. Steven…
THE Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), Dr. Franco Rodie, and his deputy, James Bosamata, have contradicted each other over alleged cheating in national exams this year. A MEHRD preliminary report indicated that cheating and leakage of exam papers prior to the recent exams had taken place during…
FOR the first time in the history of Green Valley Community in East Honiara, the community was able to come together and successfully celebrated a historic Christmas celebration last week. It was dubbed as ‘peaceful and enjoyable.’ Green Valley was known to many people in Honiara as one of the notorious areas in the capital…