WHAT I am saying here in this article is my personal position based on my knowledge and experience about the covid from when it started until now. It has nothing to do with the corporate position of the church and my being the health director of the SDA church. Firstly, I want to thank…
THE Covid – 19 Delta variant got out into the community more than five weeks ago or longer. Whilst there is no information on when it got out of quarantine [?] and into the community, it did hit our health and medical workers the worst and exposed in no uncertain terms just how poor the…
CELEBRATING the achievements of women and marking the struggles they have fought to forge a path for gender equality should not just be confined to one day each year. To challenge the obstacles that perpetrate inequality against women requires honesty, courage, collective effort and tireless commitment. The 2022 International Women’s Day campaign theme of #BreakTheBias…
A TEAM of nine medics have arrived in the Solomon Islands to support the country’s COVID-19 response. Solomon Islands was one of the last countries in the world to remain relatively free of COVID-19, however, the first community transmission was reported at the start of 2022. Since then, the virus has quickly spread across the…
MINISTRY of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) Minister, Freda Rotutafi Rangirei applauded frontline women workers during the International Women’s Day celebrations on Tuesday. Minister Rangirei said the country is facing Covid-19 for the first time, health workers and frontliners had been the hard working heroes of the country’s response. “Today on the International…
WHILE DCGA pins the hope of Solomon Islands economic revival on the Pacific Games, United Party (UP) believes that agriculture and fisheries remains the economic backbone of our nation. This was the statement of Member of Parliament for East Areáre Peter Kenilorea Junior. Mr Kenilorea Jnr, who is a member of the United Party, made…
THE Malaita Provincial Government executive will meet any time soon to look into the call for reconciliation and compensation demand put forward by the non-executive MPAs. Premier Daniel Suidani confirmed this to Solomon Star Auki in an interview yesterday, when asked about the progress of the reconciliation and compensation demand from the opposition group. He…
BASED on recent assessments of economic conditions and outlook, the Central Bank of Solomon Islands Board in its meeting on 10th March 2022 deemed it appropriate to maintain an expansionary monetary policy for the next six months. This is to ensure an incipient recovery takes hold, CBSI said in a statement. Domestic economic activity broadly remained…
AFTER months of non-access to Buin Market in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (PNG), local residents of Shortland Islands have now returned through the border to sell their produces and do shopping again. This is the first crossing that the people of Shortland have made to Bougainville, to do their marketing at the Buin market and…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare had made assurance to the nation that his government will not let any unlawful activity to happen. Mr Sogavare made this statement in his fortnightly nationwide address after the recent rumours circulating within the societies of possible repeat of the recent unrest last November. “Fellow Solomon Islanders, there are rumours circulating…