The government is continuing with efforts to assist families and to resolve outstanding issues surrounding the tragic and unnecessary loss of 27 innocent lives from aboard the MV Taimareho on April 3 during Tropical Cyclone Harold. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development has directed Maritime Authorities to carry out a formal investigation into the sea disaster…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Maritime, as well as Immigration officers, have conducted a long-range observation patrol along with the Solomon Islands – Papua New Guinea border to make sure no one from the communities living on both sides of the common border crosses the border. At the same time officers of…
Acting Police Chief Mostyn Mangau says the five individuals who allegedly breached the curfew on April 10 were not detained more than 72 hours but were under the remand warrant. Mangau made this clarification following the issue of the five individuals who were held in the cells at the Honiara Central Police Station from April…
The Government’s proposed economic stimulus package to cushion the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the national economy is expected to be deliberated on by Cabinet this week. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said last Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic is unleashing havoc and generating a lot of uncertainty around the world, including the Solomon Islands. Preliminary…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Noro, Western Province are investigating an alleged murder incident that resulted in the death of a two-year-old female child in the township over the weekend. Officer Commanding Station (OCS) in Noro, Staff Sergeant MacArthur Pania told Police Media Unit that a mother and her two…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has ordered the restriction of small craft vessels to and from the common border between the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The border area between the Shortland Islands and Choiseul on the Solomon Islands side and Bougainville on the PNG side has now been declared as a second emergency zone…
OFFICERS of the Western Province Government (WPG) have been advised to refrain from posting slandering remarks on social media that may contradict the tireless work of the Provincial Disaster Operations Committee (PDOC) and its members. Sighting an internal circular distributed within the WPG administrative sectors the notice was written and signed by the Western province…
CITY Mayor Wilson Mamae and his Clerk Rence Sore have volunteered to take a 25 percent pay cut for the next six months as the economic impact of the coronavirus on public finances intensified. City Clerk Sore confirmed this on Monday following their executive meeting. Sore added all non-essential service workers of the council will also…
Praises health workers for taking the lead By IAN M. KAUKUI PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says he’s pleased with the current status of preparedness at the National Referral Hospital (NRH). Sogavare expressed his pleasure after a brief visit to inspect a number of COVID-19 facility sites and equipment at the NRH, Monday. “The purpose…
Afio wharf as one of the main wharves serving the people of the southern region of Malaita Province needs repair as it is slowly but surely eroding over the years. Being the entry point for the people of Small Malaita, East Are’are and West Are’are, Afio wharf appeared unsafe which forced the people of Afio…