FB ABUSE COMPLAINTS

Police to provide data on Facebook abusive complaints   POLICE Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says he will provide the number of complaints relating to abusive contents on Facebook they received so far, next week. At his last week’s conference, Mangau told reporters there were several complaints of abusive content targeting politicians and individuals on Facebook. “There were…

CT scan machine soon

WORK on the much-awaited government-funded CT scan project is making progress and will soon to boost the country’s health system. This was revealed by the Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr. Culwick Togamana in response to the Leader of the Opposition Mathew Wale during the question and answer session in parliament. Wale asked if…

Extension of Multipurpose Hall & upgrade of separate external facilities nearby can safely continue

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara City Council, New Zealand funded contractor Reeves International and the New Zealand High Commission continue to collaborate to ensure that important work to extend the Multipurpose Hall and upgrade separate external facilities can safely continue while the internal facility is used to treat asymptomatic COVID-19 cases.  While…

Airlines staff back 16 days of activism

Members of the Solomon Airlines team have dressed in orange on Wednesday, to show their support for the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Adding their support to the global campaign called ‘Orange the World’ the airline team continued their commitment to the company’s adoption of an anti-Violence Policy in…

Facebook ban is an attack on human rights

Civil Society Organisations in the Solomon Islands are utterly disappointed with the Cabinet’s decision to suspend the world’s biggest social networking site, Facebook. A statement from the Development Services Exchange (DSE) said at a time when Solomon has confirmed cases of Covid-19 and updates are shared through the platform, the government moves to shut it…