BOTH the Western Provincial Government and Gizo Town Council (GTC) continue to lose much needed revenue from market fees as a result of the illegal market spot at the KHY Buni area, in Gizo, Western Province. Following the COVID-19 outbreak early this year, Gizo Market was only allowed for vendors who are fully vaccinated. Because…
THERE is no firm plan for any lockdown within the Honiara City in light of the second wave of COVID-19 infection in the country. This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary (PS) Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Pauline McNeil, brushing aside rumours claiming a lockdown is looming. Speaking during yesterday’s Office of the…
PARLIAMENT will resume its sitting this morning to look into the 2022 National Budget. This came after the second reading was passed in Parliament last week. When Parliament resumes this morning it will resolve into the Committee of Supply to look at each of the clauses of the expenditure and to scrutinize each of them.…
THE future of many unvaccinated teachers employed by various education authorities and paid by the government is now at stake after the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) reiterated the ‘No Job, No Job’ policy. During Sunday’s Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) talk-back show, MEHRD Deputy Secretary James Bosamata announced…
TEMOTU Province has lost its COVID-19 free status on after recording its first COVID-19 positive case on Saturday. Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Pauline McNeil said the positive case was identified from swabs collected from 14 passengers travelling from Honiara to Temotu on Saturday. Mrs McNeil said all passengers including their close…
SOLOMON Islands recorded 1226 new COVID-19 cases in the last 72 hours from yesterday to bring the country’s total positive cases to 14,182. Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) permanent secretary Pauline McNeil, in a brief rundown of the country’s current COVID-19 status yesterday, said of the 1226 new cases, 1037 are from Honiara…
THE cooperation in security and other fields between China and Solomon Islands conforms to international law and norms and is conducive to regional stability and development. This was the statement from the People’s Republic of China Embassy in Honiara in Sunday following allegations of potential regional security implications of the agreement, including for the United…
Solomon Islands Prime Minister the Honourable Manasseh Sogavare warmly welcomed US National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo –Pacific, Kurt Campbell to Solomon Islands following a friendly and productive meeting on 22 Friday April, 2022. The two countries reaffirmed their friendship and committed to strengthen their relations and work together on all issues of mutual…
VILLAGERS from Catchment Communities of Gwaunaoa Clinic in the west Kwara’ae electorate are complaining over the unreliability and shortage of drugs at the clinic. Report reaching Solomon Star Auki said the shortage of medicines at the clinic has become a usual experience which is causing people to become frustrated. It stated that just recently, sick…
Security deal document leaked by arch rival Talifilu: Report CELSUS TALIFILU – the political adviser to Prime Minister Sogavare’s rival Daniel Suidani, the Premier of Malaita – leaked the draft of the security pact with China, according to overseas news reports. An unnamed Australian intelligence agency was involved in the last ditch leak of the…