SOLOMON Islands High Commissioner to Australia Robert Sisilo is heading to Queensland to arrange for the repatriation of two Solomon Islanders who were killed in a car crash over the weekend. According to a published report, the Pacific Labour Welfare Duty Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) relayed this incident to…
* Four Winwin mining alleged robbers without lawyers* No pleas yet, Sailors case adjourned * Man injures dad jailed Four Winwin mining alleged robbers without lawyers FOUR of the men accused of robbing a substantial amount of cash and two gold bars from the Winwin mining company in Central Guadalcanal last December are still without…
Prime Minister appeals to Australia for reciprocal visa deal PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has appealed to Canberra to grant entry visas to Solomon Islanders on arrival in Australia similar to what the government is offering Australians arriving in the Solomon Islands. Mr. Sogavare was speaking at the Australia Day function in Honiara on Tuesday…
THE National Health Emergency Operation Centre through its ‘Emergency Response Plan’ to validate, track, and contain a potential COVID-19 outbreak is now active. This came after a student who returned from the Philippines tested positive for COVID-19 this week during a follow-up test in Malaita Province. The student was released from quarantine in November 2020.…