WESTERN Province will not relax its COVID-19 measures and protocols in the province. This was the statement of Western Provincial Disaster Committee (PDC) chairman Jeffrey Wickham following a meeting with the Provincial Health Emergency Operations Committee yesterday. Mr Wickham said recently the province has seen a widen spread of the virus into communities which they…
Detectives from National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have interviewed the current Member of Parliament (MP) and Former MP for North East Guadalcanal Constituency on 6 March 2022. The accused had been interviewed in relation to election bribery offences in the 2019 National General Election (NGE). Both accused…
The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) contingent in Brisbane Australia participated in Daniels Defense 5.56 mm Rifle Instructor Qualifying Program during the week ending Friday 4 March 2022. Elements of that training included: Incorporating the Daniels Defense 5.56 mm rifle into Active Armed Offender tactics; Understanding your training environment and orientate the environment to…
The much anticipated 2021 examination Results for Year 9,11&12 will be ready by March 8th 2022. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), Dr. Franco Rodie said the Education Minister Honorable Lanelle Tanagada will sign the release of the results on 8th March 2022 and these will be made available…
As the world marks International Women’s Day, the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency announced today it is recruiting a specialist advisor to strengthen its capacity in gender and social inclusion. This is a new position within FFA and reports directly to the Director General. Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director General, Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen…
The Government Services Integration Committee (GSIC) in the Office of the Prime Minister held a successful virtual zoom meeting on the preparations and planning process for the upcoming Pacific Games to be hosted by Solomon Islands in 2023. Government Ministries and other key stakeholders attended the meeting. A Statement from the GSIC Secretariat stated that…
CABOOLTURE Sports Football Club (CSFC) described the game with our country’s National Football team (Solomon Bonito) as “unbelievable”. In a statement over the weekend, CSFC said to have Solomon Bonito team play against CSFC while preparing for the World Cup qualifiers was unbelievable. It said the support from Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) fans was…
Malaita non-executive MPAs clarify claims in $160K compensation demand NON-EXECUTIVE members of the Malaita provincial government have spoken out yesterday to clarify the $160,000 and 16 shell money compensation demand which was revealed by this paper over the weekend. It was reported that the 16 MPAs made the demand together with a reconciliation call to…
THREE passenger vessels repatriating stranded passengers from the provinces are bringing in positive COVID cases into Honiara. Secretary to Prime Minister (SPM) and Vice Chairman of the National Oversight Committee (NOC) Dr Jimmie Rodgers on Sunday described the situation as very ‘concerning’. Speaking during National Oversight Committee Talk Back Show he said three passenger vessels…
SINCE coming into power, the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) has overseen a total of 294 small infrastructure projects across all nine provinces. The projects ranged from water supplies, community halls to schools. A statement from the Government Communications Unit said of the 294 projects, Malaita Province hosted the highest number totalling 59 projects…