ONLY 25 nurses selected from a list provided to the Labour Mobility Unit by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services are needed to be part of the Aged-Care Sector Recruitment. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) in a statement yesterday. The Ministry was responding to reports this…
A PROMINENT Community leader Is urging the Electoral Commission to re-think its decision on voter registration, saying the current arrangement is a deliberate move to deny thousands of people their rights to vote. “The Commission knows very well many intending voters are not in a position to afford their fares in order to register to…
TEAMS to conduct Biometric Voters Registration in fifty constituencies throughout the country have already been deployed to their respective work stations awaiting the nationwide registration which will start next week. Leading up to the registration next week, the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has been conducting a number of training sessions preparing officers who will be…
Australia commits support to enhance security arrangements for the 2023 Pacific Games and the 2024 National General Elections, the Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Rod Hilton confirms to Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP. The provision is in response to a formal government request dated 4th August to Prime Minister Hon. Anthony…
The High Court of Solomon Islands has upheld a decision by the Ministry of Public Service to terminate Dr. Claude Posala for breaching Regulation 26 of the State of Public Emergency Regulations 2020. The decision states that the State of Public Emergency Regulation 2020 prevails over all provisions of laws during a State of Public…
Malaita’s Onelafa CHS burnt down, Secondary students bound to be affected by the arson incident, police confirm an investigation has been launched ONELAFA Community High (CHS) School in East Fataleka, Malaita Province, has suffered a great loss following the burning down of its double story classroom building on Monday night. The burning down of the…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP has received the final courtesy call by the Peoples’ Republic of China’s (PRC) ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Li Ming. H.E Li Ming’s tenure as PRC ambassador to Solomon Islands is completed and he will return to Beijing and to be assigned to another ambassadorial posting. H.E Li…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has expressed disappointment with the Prime Minister’s stand on the West Papua issue labelling it as ‘hypocritical’. Hon Wale said the current Prime Minister used to be a strong supporter and advocator for West Papua in the past but he has taken a 180-degree on the issue. “I am…
The ongoing drug shortage in the country leaves the United Church-owned Helena Goldie Hospital in the Western Province in an ‘Emergency Mode’ HELENA GOLDIE HOSPITAL – the second largest hospital in Western Province – has gone into “emergency mode until further notice” as the acute drug shortage in the country worsens. Hospital authorities last week…
Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) officers in the Central Island Province are investigating an incident involving a matured male person who died shortly after a fall from a cliff. The incident occurred near Minisi village on East Russell. RSIPF officers in Russell and Tulagi have arrested a suspect in relation to this death. Central…