Covid-19 scare in Malaita shows low community transmission PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare calls on the citizens and in particular the people of Malaita Province to remain calm and allow health professionals to complete their analysis. He made the call when he delivered his statement in a special nationwide address yesterday, regarding recent reports of a…
FOLLOWING special approvals by the Solomon Islands and Australian Governments, Solomon Airlines is continuing to offer a limited number of passenger seats for booking on the airline’s regular Friday cargo flights between Brisbane and Honiara. Seats on the Airbus A320 international flights are available to those who meet special conditions and each passenger must have travel…
WESTERN Province Premier David Gina has defended the visit of the Chinese Envoy to Gizo, Western Province this week. The visit had sparked heated discussions on social media among other platforms with a majority of negativity being projected by members of the public, especially through Facebook. Premier Gina in response calls on the people of…
PANIC and fear have gripped Malaita Province as a report emerges that a student who tested positive for COVID-19 last year and spent his holiday in East Fateleka is under now quarantine after his routine test on Tuesday turned positive again. According to information received, the male student after returning from studies in the Philippines…
AN East Kwaio man has called for an explanation from Auki police after reports of the destruction of a village Water Supply and brewing of Kwaso were not taken up. Sam Ngedea told Solomon Star yesterday Lausia and Tagalo communities in the Olomburi District of East Kwaio are living in fear because of threats by…
SOLOMON Islands High Commissioner to Australia Robert Sisilo is heading to Queensland to arrange for the repatriation of two Solomon Islanders who were killed in a car crash over the weekend. According to a published report, the Pacific Labour Welfare Duty Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) relayed this incident to…
* Four Winwin mining alleged robbers without lawyers* No pleas yet, Sailors case adjourned * Man injures dad jailed Four Winwin mining alleged robbers without lawyers FOUR of the men accused of robbing a substantial amount of cash and two gold bars from the Winwin mining company in Central Guadalcanal last December are still without…
Prime Minister appeals to Australia for reciprocal visa deal PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has appealed to Canberra to grant entry visas to Solomon Islanders on arrival in Australia similar to what the government is offering Australians arriving in the Solomon Islands. Mr. Sogavare was speaking at the Australia Day function in Honiara on Tuesday…
THE National Health Emergency Operation Centre through its ‘Emergency Response Plan’ to validate, track, and contain a potential COVID-19 outbreak is now active. This came after a student who returned from the Philippines tested positive for COVID-19 this week during a follow-up test in Malaita Province. The student was released from quarantine in November 2020.…
DESPITE the challenges faced by the country’s economy and businesses amidst the global pandemic COVID-19 a locally owned NAYA Company reached out to do road constructions for church-based intuitions outside of Honiara. NAYA Company Limited is a fairly new Company in Civil works industry that sees it fit to touch the lives of different church…