CHILDREN from 12-years old and above in Honiara and Guadalcanal will be the first to get the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine that will arrive tomorrow. Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD), James Bosamata said Honiara followed by the Guadalcanal will be the first to get the vaccine, thus, he calls…
EIGHTEEN Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) within the Western Provincial Assembly who boycotted the September Full Assembly Meeting for days are being asked to refund the allowances they receive prior to the meeting. Failure to do so will result in false pretense charges being laid against them. This followed revelations the 18 MPAs actually…
THE Good Samaritan Hospital located in the east of Honiara is now equipped with its own diagnostic laboratory and X-ray equipment. That’s according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his fortnightly nation-wide address, Friday. “I am pleased to inform you all that the Good Samaritan Hospital located in the east of Honiara is now equipped…
THE Malaita Provincial Assembly is currently without a Deputy Speaker after its Deputy Speaker Joe Heroau recently joined the MARA government. The Deputy Speaker’s position was left vacant and by the look of things, the former MARA Deputy Premier Randol Sifoni is the most likely candidate to fill up the vacant position. Solomon Star Auki…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the Pfizer vaccines will arrive in the country on November 16th (Tuesday). Mr Sogavare stated this in his nation-wide address on Friday. “By next week we will have a third vaccine the Pfizer vaccine. “The Pfizer vaccines will arrive in the country on 16 November 2021,” Mr Sogavare said. He…
THE construction phase of the 2023 Pacific Games main stadium had created over 100 job opportunities for locals in various construction areas while injecting more money into the economy over a period of six months. During the same period, the project contractor of the Stadium Project has purchased 1,800 tons of cement and over 20,000…
Solomon Power Tanagai Solar Farm under the cloud COMMERCIAL and individual buyers who used individual members of the Tanagai House of Chiefs to acquire land in and around Honiara have been warned to expect drastic changes to their ownership from early next year, it was revealed yesterday. The Board of Trustees of the Tanagai House…
OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Tulagi Police Station in Central Province have arrested four male suspects aged between 22 to 64 -year-old for malicious damage and criminal trespass at the Siota Provincial Secondary School on 11 November 2021. Initial reports said that the suspects were drunk when they unlawfully entered…
THE Solomon Power (SP) Board under its Hybrid Dividend Policy and the State Owned Enterprise (SOE) Act declared a dividend of SBD$4 million. This has been paid to its shareholder, the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) on Tuesday 9th November 2021. The dividend payment (Cheque) was officially handed to the Minister of Finance and Treasury, Hon.…
Million-dollar deal to construct modern Games village at SINU sealed THE People’s Republic of China (PRC) has further injected another SB$172.4M to build the PG2023 modern Games Village at SINU to accommodate athletes and officials during the 2023 Pacific Games. According to the signing agreement sealed yesterday, SINU will be the biggest beneficiary when…