The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is pleased to inform the public that the latest COVID-19 test for all personnel of the Australia Defence Force and Police, Papua New Guinea (PNG) Defence Force and their officials have returned…
Commander Paul Osborne of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) and Australia Federal Police (AFP) Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP) was today (3 December 2021) sworn in as Deputy Commissioner of the RSIPF to oversee the Solomon International Assistance Force…
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) Blood Bank is extremely concerned as it is experiencing severe shortage of blood supply for blood transfusion to patients and for emergency cases. The recent unrest with the high number of injuries presented at the…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) would like to respond to media and public enquiries around medicine stock levels and reports of shortages of some medicines in health facilities in the provinces. Firstly, the availability of essential medicines…
By Terence Wood If you’re foraging for irony and surprise in the ashes of Honiara’s riots, there’s plenty to be found. For a start, there are the two main political antagonists: the Prime Minister Manessah Sogavare, and the Premier of…
By Stephen Howes, Kelly Samof In recent years, PNG has been running record deficits. In 2019, even before COVID-19, the budget deficit was already 5% of GDP. COVID-19 has understandably made things worse. The deficit reached 8.6% in 2020 and…
The Solomon Islands High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji, His Excellency Mr Joseph Maáhanua, presented his credentials to the Fiji President, His Excellency Ratu Wiliame Maivali Katonivere on Wednesday, 1st December 2021 at the State House, Suva. During the…
The Labour Mobility Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade is urging all seasonal worker program candidates to remain focus as they prepare to undertake the employment opportunity in Australia. In light of the recent civil unrest,…
By Stephen Howes The riots in Solomon Islands last week have thrust the small Pacific country into the international spotlight. What is their cause? A useful source is the public opinion survey conducted by the survey firm Tebbutt Research in…
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has updated its initial assessment on the cost of the damage of the riot on the local economy. The extent of the adverse impact on the economy is extensive and estimated to have…
Source: GP Media Facebook Page The MPA for Tasimboko Ward, Hon. Rose Tala, has stated that women and children in Honiara and Guadalcanal don’t deserve to live in constant fear due to political violence. She stated this during the Sine…
The National Government has called on the Leader of Opposition to man up and admit his wrong judgement in playing along with the people who masterminded the senseless looting and rioting that happened in Honiara. In a statement, the National…
The Prime Minister has called on the Member for Aoke Langalanga to resign from his seat as Member of Parliament for Aoke Langalanga, pursuant to section 50(b) of the Constitution. This call is made in light of the allegations that…
The Opposition has made the urgent call that Manasseh Sogavare should no longer be PM. In their recent statement, the Opposition press explained that Sogavare’s actions pre 2019 General elections and during his tenure as PM clearly shows a person…
WALE CONGRATULATES PREMIER MESEPITU Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale congratulates the newly elected Premier for Western Province, Hon. Christian Burly Mesepitu. The election of the new Premier of Western Province finally took place yesterday bringing to an end a…
The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, has made a strong call to Prime Minister Sogavare to stop using ex-militants as security details. ‘I urge the Prime Minister to stop using ex-militants as security details. The close protection unit…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has dismissed rumors that Solomon Islands has today picked up a number of new positive COVID 19 cases from members of the deployment currently assisting the country regain lawlessness in the capital city Honiara. Social…
The former Deputy Premier Hon Randol Sifoni re-joined MARA after a brief reconciliation ceremony with the premier and a number of MARA Executive members. He will now hold the vacant position of the Deputy Speaker of the Malaita Provincial Assembly.…
Another Conservation Achievement: Launching and Declaration of the Padezaka Tribal Rainforest Conservation Area as a legally designated National Protected Area Earlier yesterday morning (30th November 2021), Sasamungga Village hosted yet another conservation achievement for the country. Hon. Benjamin Harrison, Premier…
The Solomon Islands Chinese Association, its executive, members of the Association and the Chinese community wish to sincerely acknowledge and thank all the good people and residents of this country, who had come out in numbers to help with the…
