A MAN who was arrested for selling watermelons last month in front of the Talon shop at Point Cruz has been fined $800 on Wednesday afternoon. John Mark was sentenced following his conviction after a trial on one count of hawking in a public place. This is an offence under the Honiara City Council (HCC) ordinance.…
Development Services Exchange (DSE) calls upon all its member NGO organizations in the Solomon Islands to suspend any international travel plans in light of the current COVID-19 outbreak. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. It continues to spread quickly and widely around the world. The Solomon Islands Government has placed…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has called on all Solomon Islanders to remain calm to work together with the government in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Prime Minister Sogavare said together we could overcome adversities such as the COVID-19 pandemic and prove our resilience and ability to move our country forward.…
HCC ACTS ON VIRUS By ESTHER NURIA HONIARA City Council (HCC) schools will take an early holiday break starting Monday as fears of the coronavirus set in. The decision comes as the first sample of one of the three suspected cases the Ministry of Health sent to Australia last week was proven negative. In a public…