One Link boss refused bail again  

A HONIARA magistrate has again refused another bail application made for One Link Pacifica boss Gerrad Tauohu. Deputy Chief Magistrate Ricky Iomea refused the bail after he was not convinced the grounds relied upon by Gerrad Tauohu in this subsequent bail application amount to exceptional circumstances. “In the exercise of my discretion, the application for…

PROTEST ON HOLD

THE proposed sit-in protest by 500 members of the Solomon Islands Nurse Association (SINA) scheduled for this morning has been called off after authorities turned down the request. SINA General Secretary Steven Maitani in a statement last night issued the decision to call off the peaceful protest. The protest is over the delays to the…

NEW LANDS CHIEF

THE country now has a new Commissioner of Lands within the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey after more than two years. He is Alan McNeil who formally received his appointment contract effective 17th September 2020. He will look after the office for the next three years. Mr. McNeil originally from Scotland, United Kingdom (UK) …

Dr Rogers: COVID machines reliable 

SECRETARY to the Prime Minister (SPM) Dr. Jimmy Rodgers assured the nation that the COVID-19 test machines are reliable and complement each other when testing for the COVID-19 virus. The assurance was given following doubts over the inconsistency of the COVID-19 test results of the first four cases. It was understood that the Solomon Islands…