MORE WORK NEEDED

THE Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Pauline McNeil has admitted that more work still needs to be done at the country’s Western border to support the preparedness and response efforts against COVID-19.  Mrs McNeil made the admission during the handover of 5 medical ventilators to the Ministry of…

PM briefed on SINU saga

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has been formally briefed on issues surrounding the unresolved dispute facing the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) management and its staff. This happened after representative of the university’s Lecturers and the General Staff Associations paid a courtesy call to the prime minister on Wednesday, a statement from Prime Minister Press Secretariat…

‘Climate change takes back seat’

‘As COVID-19 pushing climate change issues aside’ By ANDREW FANASIA THE Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MCDMM) Permanent Secretary Dr. Melchior Mataki says COVID-19 has forced his ministry to put climate change behind. He made this response when members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Opposition Leader Mathew Wale queried…