COVID-19 cases nears 12,000

SOLOMON Islands has now recorded a total of 11,856 cases of COVID-19. Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana confirmed this in his national address on the COVID-19 situation in the country yesterday (5th April 2022). Dr Togamana said this was the country’s total after recording 236 new COVID-19 cases in the 72…

Swabbers claim no allowance for months

Front liners who deal with Covid-19 swab tests for incoming passengers and outgoing passengers both in the international and domestic levels are working without any Covid-19 allowances since September of 2021, it was claimed. Speaking to Solomon Star Auki in an exclusive interview on Tuesday front liners who requested their identity to remain anonymous said…

SNAP ELECTION

Solomon Islands to likely to go for early polls THE DCGA government is believed to have abandoned its plan to extend Parliament by another year, sources have revealed. Instead, it has backed the idea of an early dissolution of Parliament – an option proposed by the Opposition, the sources said. It is understood that public…

RSIPF rebut media article entitled ‘Security pact could split RSIPF’

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) strongly rebutted an article published over the weekend in the Solomon Star newspaper with the title ‘Security pact could split RSIPF’ as misleading. Deputy Commissioner (DC) National Security and Operation Support (NSOS) Mr. Ian Vaevaso says, this security deal will not pause any division among the RSIPF at all. This is…