THE recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Honiara has forced Naha Clinic to close after a number of health workers at the clinic tested positive to COVID-19. A notice pinned outside the clinic gate on Friday last week stated that Naha Clinic will be closed for an indefinite period. The notice advised sick patients to…
THE GOVERNMENT’s support to the country’s own Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has increased this year under the 2022 budget. From $30 million, government through the Minister of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) has allocated $50 million, said Minister Lanelle Tanangada yesterday in parliament. She revealed this during the debate of the budget in…
SOLOMON Islands Government (SIG) will set up its new embassy in Delhi, India this year. This was revealed by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Peter Shanel in Parliament yesterday during the Committee of Supply to debate the 2022 budget expenditures. He revealed this following a question raised by Leader of Opposition…
PREMIER DANIEL SUIDANI, known for his anti-China stance, has told an audience in East Are’Are he is not against China. “Rather I do not want to deal with China now because Malaita is not ready,” Mr. Suidani told a private awareness program, those who attended told Solomon Star over the weekend. The Premier was speaking…
DRUNKEN youths in Lata, Temotu Province stoned houses of those responsible for Infection Protection Control (IPC) in the provincial capital after the province recorded its first cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. Reports from Lata said youths and villagers around Lata were every disappointment and blamed the health and government officers for not strictly imposing…
The Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE), Hon. Bradley Tovosia has delivered the Solomon Islands country statement through a recorded video at the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit which took place at Kumamoto, Japan over the weekend. Hon. Tovosia used the occasion to highlight water issues affecting Solomon Islands and also updated the Summit…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has highlighted the need for reasonable quality infrastructure in roads, bridges, wharves, airstrips and public amenities. In his recent Budget Debate Speech, Hon Wale said the Government does not have the resources to meet all the infrastructure needs in the country. Therefore, he said it must be prioritized. He said…
UK Emergency Medical Team (EMT) comprising of doctors, nurses, risk communication expert and epidemiologist, are still in the provinces further solidifying provincial capacities and capabilities to effectively manage COVID-19 patients as Honiara starts to experience the second wave of COVID-19 infections. A statement from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services said the team in…
FOURTEEN people who have allegedly crossed the Solomon Island (SI) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) border illegally will appear before the Gizo Magistrate Court in Western Province this week. According to the court schedule, they will face court on Thursday 28th April. Since the arrest of the 25 people from Shortlands at Kangou beach in…
MEMBERS of the public are now refrained from visiting sick family members and friends at the National Referral Hospital as the second wave of COVID-19 infection looms. Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Pauline McNeil issued this warning yesterday during the Office of the Prime Minister sponsored radio talkback show program. Mrs McNeil…