COVID-19 admissions at NRH reduced

TWENTY eight COVID-19 positive cases are currently admitted at the National Referral Hospital. Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana said of the 28 cases, 23 are in the National Referral Hospital Golden Ward – the ward set aside for critical and severe COVID-19 patients – the remaining five cases are admitted at…

RSIPF Contingents complete week four of training in Australia

Training continues for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) officers that have travelled to Brisbane, Australia. The officers undertake training in new equipment and tactics. In their fourth week they have untaken trainings on. Range Safety Briefings; Range Controller roles and responsibilities; Range Safety Officer roles and responsibilities; Delivering 5.56 mm shooting assessments as…

9 PNG NATIONALS RESCUED

A FISHING boat with a Chinese captain from the Taiwan Province of China and mariners have rescued nine people on a small craft which has been drifting in the open sea after a ferry capsized twenty (20) days ago. A Solomon Islands rescue picked up the nine people around 3:30 am on Sunday morning and…

Recommendation paper for schools to start

THE National Oversight Committee (NOC) will today deliberate on a recommendation paper prepared by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education for the proposed plan to recommence schools nation-wide. This was revealed by the Secretary to Prime Minister (SPM) and Chairman of the National Oversight Committee (NOC) Dr. Jimmie Rodgers during Sunday’s weekly talk-back…

LCSM donates new ambulance to GP

A SRI LANKAN company, LCSM Enterprise, had presented a new ambulance to the people of Guadalcanal through the provincial government, last Friday. The official handover ceremony took place at the GPHQ compound around 10:00am. Premier Francis Sade, Hon. Speaker Peter Aoraunisaka, GP Executive members, GP Health and Medical doctors, Mr. Timmy Manea (Director National Pharmacy…

AG’s clarification ‘evasive’ of PM’s interference in PNG doc’s case

LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has described the Attorney General’s clarification on the Prime Minister’s interference in the criminal proceedings instituted against the PNG doctor’s case as ‘evasive’. In a statement today (Monday 28th February), Honorable Wale in response said the AG’s explanation falls way short in trying to assist the Prime Minister avoid…

WHY PRESTIGE 2 DISOBEY ORDERS

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SOLOMON PRESTIGE 2 CAPTAIN BILLY MAMALONI – the Captain of Solomon Prestige2 the vessel embroiled in the controversial trip to Ontong Java two weeks ago, has given details of the trip in an exclusive interview with Solomon Star. It was on the morning of February 16, he said, that two boarding…