A MEDICAL team from Gizo is now in Noro, Western Province after a person with close contact to one of the positive COVID-19 cases arrive in Noro on Sunday evening. The person is now under house quarantine. Director acting for Western Provincial Health and Medical Services (WPHMS) Dr Michael Belande Buin informed the Provincial Health…
GIZO Hospital in the Western Province is now into emergency mode as Western Province health authorities prepare for possible community transmission of COVID-19. This was announced by Gizo Hospital Oversight Committee representative, who is also the Director acting for Western Provincial Health and Medical Services (WPHMS) Dr Michael Belande Buin on Wednesday. Dr Buin said…
PROVINCIAL Governments have achieved 100 per cent compliance in their financial reporting, the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening said this week. The Ministry disclosed this in a paid article published in both dailies on Monday. The two-page article was in response to a report on the Renbel Provincial Government on audit issues. The…
THE man accused of looting valuable properties from Power Products (Big Chainsaw) at Ranadi during the Honiara unrest in November last year is still without a lawyer. He is currently facing one count of simple larceny. The court last week asked him to get himself a lawyer from the Public Solicitor’s Office after the private…
A SECOND accused in a firearm possession case was released on a cash bail of $1000 on Tuesday in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-three-year-old Peter Carlos Kwaitaka was released under strict bail conditions. He and his co-accused Iro Kwaita are facing one count each of possession of firearm or ammunition without licence. Both have pleaded…
POLICE is urging all communities with the Honiara Emergency Zone to adhere to health protocols to protect our families as responsible authorities work to manage the transmission of COVID-19 in Honiara. Deputy Commissioner Operations Juanita Matanga made this statement last night when announcing the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force lockdown operation in Honiara. Ms Matanga…
SOLOMON Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA) says they don’t have appropriate equipment to conduct search and rescue operations in the country. Therefore, it calls on the government to look serious into this matter and equip SIMA with the right assets for sea rescue operations. SIMA Director Thierry Nervale said one of their jobs is to conduct…
The Honiara City Council (HCC) with the national Government on Tuesday commenced cleaning up of locations destroyed following November’s rioting, looting and burning. The disaster waste clean-up is part of the HCC’s overall response under the unrest’s disaster clean-up plan for 2021. The joint clean-up effort was developed by the HCC, National Disaster Management Office…
HONIARA emergency zone boundary that is currently in lockdown is from Alligator Creek in the east to Poha in the west of Honiara. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister tonight said this zone will be in lockdown for 60 hours effective 6pm this evening to 6am Saturday 22nd January 2022. Cabinet endorsed…
CONCERNS have intensified in Malaita Province as the vessel of interest – MV Awka that transported the first COVID-19 victim in Honiara on Monday 10th January 2022, might have already transferred the virus in Malaita after it made two trips after arriving from Ontong Java. Information reaching Solomon Star Auki claimed that MV Awka arrived…