TWENTY-FIVE (25) more graduate doctors now joins the National Referral Hospital (NRH) Medical Team as interns. This followed the completion of the Bridging Program, a year-long teaching program to support the training of returned foreign trained medical graduates of Solomon Islands. The program is part of the SIMPLER (Solomon Islands Medical Partnerships for Learning, Education…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has finally made it again to Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) following its first deployment in January this year, that detected COVID-19 cases from the community. Though community transmission in Honiara, followed by Malaita Province, had delayed the 2nd deployment, health through much discussions and mobilization of limited…
POLICE leadership has come under the spotlight in the face of increasing social disorder and ‘beligarism’ (burglary) involving children as young as eight years old. There are growing concerns within and outside the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) that unless the Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau is removed, things would only get worse. Traffic police…
Buin police in Bougainville intercepts 50 fishermen from Shortlands BUIN Police of the Southern Command Police and Immigration in Bougainville had intercepted more than fifty fishermen from Shortland Islands, Western Province who illegally crossed the redline border into Bougainville territory over the weekend. This was reported by the New Dawn FM News in Bougainville yesterday.…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIF) has confirmed receiving report on a large shipment of arms as speculated by the media last week. Deputy Commissioner (DC) National Security and Operation Support (NSOS) Ian Vaevaso during the Oversight Committee radio-talk back show on Saturday, said RSIPF has received report on that but decline to make…
COVID cases continue to surge as 465 additional cases being recorded in the past 72 hours since Friday bringing the total to 9,124 along with two deaths. Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Permanent Secretary (PS) Ms Pauline McNeil updated the nation of the COVID-19 status via national broadcaster-SIBC during Sunday’s talk back show.…
THE government through the National Oversight Committee is managing the repatriation of people stranded in Honiara to avoid exporting more COVID-19 positive cases to provinces. Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Oversight Committee (NOC), Dr Jimmie Rodgers said in many provinces, the positive COVID-19 cases are still increasing. “The provinces are…
THE 2022 Appropriation Bill will be tabled in Parliament this week. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirmed this in his nationwide address last Friday, over the national broadcaster. He said he had issued instructions to set a date for the next meeting of Parliament. “I am also pleased to announce that Cabinet has approved the 2022…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Centre for Distance and Flexible Learning (CDFL) will adopt a new learning mode this year. This was confirmed by the SINU media, Monday last week. “Due to the current widespread community transmission of Covid-19 around the country and in adhering to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS)…
A TEAM of nine medics have arrived in the Solomon Islands to support the country’s COVID-19 response. Solomon Islands was one of the last countries in the world to remain relatively free of COVID-19, however, the first community transmission was reported at the start of 2022. Since then, the virus has quickly spread across the…