MV Taimareho trip to Auki set

OF all passenger shipping vessels servicing Malaita Province, MV Taimareho is the first passenger shipping vessel to have confirmed its resumption of service along the Honiara-Auki route. Many Malaitans who have been stranded in Honiara for the past two months since the declaration of covid-19 community transmission in the country which leads to the restriction…

West wants ‘mask wearing’ mandatory

WESTERN Provincial Government (WPG) is planning on to request the Government to gazette an order to ensure wearing of masks becomes mandatory in the province. This was revealed by the Western Provincial Disaster Committee (PDC) Chairman Jeffrey Wickham. This proposal was agreed on after a meeting was held between the PDC and Provincial Health Emergency…

Couple to face court again, Mar 21

THE case of a couple accused of collaborating to rape a girl in Ngella, Central Islands Province will be brought again before the High Court on March 21 for mention. George Solopoto and his wife Elizabeth Koka are facing the charge of compelled sexual intercourse. A trial was already conducted before Justice Leonard Maina and…

Vax policy affects rural services

THE Government’s ‘No Jab, No Job’ Policy is beginning to affect service delivery in some rural parts of Malaita province. Reports reaching the Solomon Star said few health workers manning rural health centres in the province who are still unvaccinated are now on half salary. The situation has forced these affected health workers to scale…

SHORTLAND COMMUNITIES PROTEST

Locals want access to services, food, calls for SI-PNG border to open SEVERAL communities in Shortland in the far end of Western Province have staged a peaceful protest on Monday over lack of access to services, lack of food and the need to reopen the border. Reports reaching the paper said the protest came about…