The National Government through the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) has announced a partial resumption of classes in most provinces in the country on April 27 except for schools that were located in emergency zones. The emergency zones include Honiara City, Guadalcanal Province, and Western Province including Gizo, Noro, Munda, Shortland Islands…
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…
COVID-19 blocking SISLI construction By CARLOS ARUAFU PREPARATION of local athletes for the 2023 Pacific Games will start next year, two years before the Pacific Games arrive in Honiara. This was confirmed by the Sol2023 National Hosting Authority Chief Executive Officer Christian Nieng. Nieng said Solomon Islands’ aim of winning 40 medals is still very…
WOMEN of Aitolo village in the Central Kwara’ae, Malaita Province, have stepped in to help the men work by digging and clearing a new soccer field. According to the Folofoloua Football League (FFL) President Lesley Sanga, the women took the stand to help the men because they understand the struggles the men are experiencing to…
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…