THE Ministry of Environment Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorological Service (MECDM) will soon start dishing out relief supplies to affected communities by the recent tropical cyclone Harold. Permanent Secretary Melchior Mataki said the ministry has already completed the assessment on the damages caused by tropical cyclone Harold is ready for the dishing out of…
The Australian Government has gifted the second of two special purposes, fast pursuit vessels to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) for maritime patrol and response operations. The first RSIPF boat which is already undertaking operations on the Western Border was handed over at a ceremony at Rove in October last year. Australian High…
NON-examination classes in both the primary and secondary schools throughout the provinces will join the rest of the secondary examination classes to proceed with their normal classes as of the 4th of May 2020. Under Secretary and Chair of COVID-19 Communications Committee in the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development James Basamata confirmed this…
ONE of the men accused of robbing almost $100,000 from a Bakery in East Honiara will appear in court on May 12. This is for a pre-trial conference. Frank Firimolea had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge of armed robbery but later changed his plea to a not guilty one. His co-accused Eddie Sanau was…
FOUR ministers of the current Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) have been sworn-in before the Governor-General Sir David Vunagi at Government House on Wednesday morning. The swearing-in ceremony now formalized their appointments to the respective ministries they have been assigned to look after as ministers, a statement from the Government Communication Unit said. Former Education…
AUSTRALIA, European Union, and the United States have dismissed a report journalist Alfred Sasako wrote in the Island Sun newspaper on Sunday. Sasako claimed that European countries Australia and the United States will provide a €250 billion humanitarian grants program to the Solomon Islands. He cites unnamed sources in his “unsubstantiated” article. In a joint…
Curfew order unnecessary says PSO By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN RULING as to whether the legal issue regarding the curfew matter will be dealt with in the Magistrate’s Court or transferred to the High Court will be made on May 4. This followed further submissions from both the prosecution and the defence on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Emma…
THE New Zealand Government through its embassy in Honiara has delivered NZ$3m (SBD$15m) to the country to prepare Gizo and Kilu’ufi hospitals for a possible infiltration of COVID-19. NZ High Commissioner Her Excellency Georgina Roberts during the handing over of the letter of support to the Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. Jimmy Rodgers said that…
COVID-19 tests can be done here as of next week, Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr. Jimmy Rogers says. He said work on setting up the qPCR machine which will be used for the tests at the National Referral Hospital has started. Rogers said the first 20 cartridges for the machine will arrive later this…
THE Vura Ward Advisory Committee have requested the government for a serious dialogue over a proposed satellite market within the ward. It is understood that the location of the satellite market is at the Holland Complex, just before the Naha Police Station. During a committee meeting at the Honiara City Council (HCC) headquarters yesterday, the…