First friendly postponed

THE proposed first friendly match for the country’s national men’s football team against Australia’s A-league’s Brisbane Roars today is now postponed. Coach Felipe Arango confirmed the postponement yesterday. Felipe said this is due to the bad weather experienced in Brisbane where the team is camping for the next two weeks. “We have to postpone last…

67 new cases 3 deaths

SOLOMON Islands on Monday recorded 67 new COVID-19 positive cases bringing the country’s total case count to 7049. Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana in his daily update on the COVID-19 situation in the country last night said these figures are data collected from the provinces from midday, Monday. Dr Togamana said…

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…