Vaccine for children coming soon

THE COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5-11 will arrive this month. It will arrive at the right time when the primary schools resumed on 13th June. Secretary to Prime Minister Dr Jimmie Rodgers confirmed this statement during the radio talk back show on Sunday. “Primary schools will reopen at the same time when the vaccine…

Premier Suidani visits West Kwaio

The missing link between leaders and citizens is facilitating a meaningful dialogue over issues of common interest, says the Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani.  The Malaita Provincial Premier since taking office in 2019 has been responding to invitations from communities around Malaita Province for dialogue and information sharing sessions with his people.  Following a recent…

VOTERS WARN SOFU

Government awareness program on proposed extension of Parliament suffers major setback THE Government has suffered a major setback in its Constituency Awareness Program to get rural voters to support the proposed extension of the parliamentary term by another 12 months. East Kwaio MP and Minister for Environment Stanley Festus Sofu MP is the first casualty.…

Man arrested for blocking airport runway

POLICE in Malaita Province have arrested a 37-year-old man on Saturday for blocking the airport runway at Gwounaru’u when a Solomon Airlines flight was preparing for departure.  A statement from Malaita Provincial Police Commander Leslie Kili said the man, who is from Gwounaruu Village was under the influence of liquour.  Mr Kili said the plane…

SUIDANI HITS OUT

There’s no Principal Security Advisor PREMIER Suidani has hits out at claim founder of M4DD Knoxley Atu is the principal security advisor of MARA government. He said there is no such title as Principal Security Advisor under the MARA government. He was responding to an article on Weekend Star claiming Atu – founder and principal…