CSSI boss visits Kirakira Corrections

Commissioner of Correctional Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) Gabriel Manelusi last week visited Kirakira Correctional Centre (KCC) in Makira Ulawa Province. During the visit he was given an official welcome, a statement from CSSI Media Unit said. The one day visit was to inform and strategize his officers on the projection of KCC, as well as…

28,800 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccines arrive

A batch of 28,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine that Aotearoa New Zealand has shared through COVAX has arrived in the country on Friday. New Zealand High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Her Excellency Ms. Georgina Roberts has joined the Minister of Health Dr Culwick Togamana, his Permanent Secretary Pauline McNeil, and Chief of UNICEF Solomon Islands…

Auki shuts down illegal businesses

TWO businesses that recently opened in Auki, Malaita Province were issued notices to close down after they were found to be operating without business licences. The two businesses are IP Store and LG Store. According to letters issued to the businesses’ owners from the acting provincial premier Randol Sifoni, these businesses are operating without a business…

127 new Registered Nurses graduated 

127 newly Registered Nurses (RN) who have completed three years of studies and 12 months Nurses Supervised Practice program since March 2020 had graduated on Thursday at the Holy Cross Cathedral. The graduation ceremony was attended by Ministry of Health & Medical Services (MHMS) Officials, Solomon Islands Nursing Council reps, and the parents and friends of…

LANDOWNERS DEMAND TALKS

‘14 days notice to Win Win mining looming soon’   CHIEFS and tribal owners of Turarana land are demanding Win Win Investment Company to a round table discussion over the log of claims which the company never responded to. Turarana landowner and spokesperson Joel Jackson told Solomon Star in an exclusive interview that this decision…