FOR the first time in the history of Green Valley Community in East Honiara, the community was able to come together and successfully celebrated a historic Christmas celebration last week. It was dubbed as ‘peaceful and enjoyable.’ Green Valley was known to many people in Honiara as one of the notorious areas in the capital…
A Quarantine Camp Management officer was allegedly “drunk” when he turned up to deliver breakfast at the Cheng Quarantine station last week, nationals at the station have claimed. They said this happened last Tuesday morning. They said the officer was delivering pre-cooked breakfast at their quarantine station. “The officer was obviously drunk as there…
THE proposed flight for the 7 February 2021 is purposely to bring in people from high-risk countries. This was confirmed by the Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. Jimmie Rogers during Sunday’s talk-back show over the national broadcaster. Dr. Rogers said the original list of countries that our citizens and other foreigners will come from is…
WHEN he was consecrated as the Third Bishop of Malaita on 20th May 1990, thousands of people including Archbishops and Bishops from here and abroad turned out to witness Bishop Raymond Aumae’s installation. He died last Saturday after a long illness. The late Bishop was buried on Monday this week. No bishops turned up to…
Two hundred and eighty-eight Solomon Island students have been repatriated back into the country, Tuesday. Most of them are graduating Solomon Islands students from the University of South Pacific (USP). They landed at the Honiara international airport yesterday afternoon. Fiji Sun yesterday reported that the students packed the Nadi International Airport terminal for check-ins before…
A TOTAL of 264 personals are still occupying the quarantine stations undergoing the quarantine process. A spokesperson from the Camp Management sector committee confirmed this during the talk-back show on Sunday. He said those who are in quarantines are mostly the ones who have just arrived on the 9th of December from Manila in the…
A 29-year old male suspect in relation to an alleged robbery incident at the Winwin mining company operating in Central Guadalcanal was arrested on Monday morning. The second suspect was among the seven men that drove the G-plated white plain Toyota land cruiser when they entered the Winwin mining company on the 9 December 2020, a…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki are investigating a fatal accident of a male person in his mid-20s along the Busurata road in Central Kwara’ae on 25 December 2020. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province Inspector Michael Romosaea says, “It is alleged that three were seen consuming alcohol since…
SINPF Board purchase new gov’t long term development bond The Solomon Islands National Provident (SINPF) Board has purchased a new $60 million bond issued by the Government on Tuesday 22 December 2020 within the framework of an emerging secondary market for government debts. This was announced by SINPF in a statement yesterday. The Central Bank…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Honiara has confirmed that no COVID-19 Vaccines will be imported and be used in the Solomon Islands unless those vaccines are approved by WHO. Speaking during the weekly Talkback Show held on Sunday, Dr. Yogesh Dr. Yogesh Choudhri from WHO-Solomon Islands said as some countries have started their…