Vax sites open

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has encouraged members of the public to get their vaccination. To allow the public get their jab COVID-19 vaccination site is at Point Cruz Solomon Ports car park area just opposite BSP Bank, Central Point Cruz. Vaccines administered there: AstraZeneca 1st and 2nd dose Sinopharm 1st and 2nd…

RSIPF receive riot equipment’s from China in ceremony at Henderson Airport

The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have officially received riot equipment from Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) during a small handing over ceremony at the Henderson International Airport last night (29 December 2021). Present during the handing over ceremony are the Permanent Secretary (PS) of Police National Security and Correctional Services of Solomon Island…

PRE-DEPARTURE ‘POSITIVE’ CASE

A POSITIVE COVID-19 case has been picked up by the Molecular Laboratory at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) during a pre-departure test recently. AN inside source told paper the required pre-departure test was conducted in late November, towards the first week of December. This was during the height of the rioting, looting and burning in…

TWO NEW CASES

Parents of 10 year-old boy tested positive for Covid-19   PARENTS of the 10-year-old boy who tested positive for Covid-19 upon their arrival from Fiji last week have been tested positive in their second Covid-19 tests. Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare in his special nationwide address yesterday said this result has brought the number of…

Locals graduate from quarantine

MORE than thirty people who have recently arrived from Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been released from their quarantine centre, Tuesday. Majority of them are students who have completed their studies at a number of educational institutions in PNG. They arrived on a chartered flight fortnight ago. Since their arrival they spent about two weeks…

Police arrest  16-year-old male suspect for  murder incident in Guadalcanal Province

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Henderson Police Station have arrested a 16-year-old male suspect for the alleged murder of his cousin brother at Boboru village in the Tasimboko area, North East Guadalcanal on 23 December 2021.  Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Guadalcanal Province, Superintendent John Foru said “On 23 December 2021…

Auki Police handicapped

POLICE in Auki Malaita are practically handicapped this festive session due to lack of fuel and less logistic support. RSIPF in Auki has run out of fuel since November this year and has been obtaining fuel on credit basis to keep its logistic support running. To make matters worse, fuel depots that police usually obtained…