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48 new cases sad & unfortunate: Opposition Leader

LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has described the recent announcement of 48 new COVID-19 cases by the Prime Minister this afternoon as ‘sad and unfortunate’. Mr Wale said this is the highest number of cases recorded in the last 24hrs and it is a serious concern for the country.

20 Jan 2022

Corona-virus
Unvaccinated population most at risk of Covid
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has warned that the country’s huge unvaccinated population is most at risk of catching covid-19 now that community transmission has hit the capital and Ontong Java this week.
20 Jan 2022
Breaking News
Unvaccinated Public Servants will no longer attend their workplaces
Public Servants who have chosen not to be vaccinated will no longer attend their workplaces. This is effective today, Monday 1 November 2021. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made this announcement in his fortnight Covid-19 address this afternoon.
1 Nov 2021
Breaking News
PM announces Cabinet’s decision to lift suspension on international flights
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced that the National Cabinet has lifted the suspension on incoming international flights as part of the measures to slowly reopen our borders.
1 Nov 2021
Foreign Relations
Geo-Politics in Solomon Islands
As the country’s fight against the covid-19 pandemic takes center stage domestically and globally, the battle for influence and power in the Pacific region between the United States, its allies, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is slowly intensifying as China begins to put assertive…
2 Sept 2021
Breaking News
Hospital will open only for very serious cases during lockdown
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) will focus on emergency and very serious cases only during the 36-hour Lockdown which will start on Sunday 29th August and lift at 6am on Tuesday 31st.
27 Aug 2021
Breaking News
Governor General Extends SOPE
The Governor General, His Excellency, Sir David Vunagi has declared the extension of the current State of Public Emergency (SOPE) for a further 7 days. A government statement confirms, Sir David declared the country’s fifth consecutive SOPE as the current one expires midnight tonight.
23 Jul 2021
Breaking News
Additional COVID-19 case in Solomon Islands
A new COVID-19 positive case was recorded in the Solomon Islands. The new case was imported from Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare updates the nation in his COVID-19 special address the morning.
28 Mar 2021
Breaking News
Governor General Sir David Vunagi vaccinated
The Solomon Islands Governor-General His Excellency Sir David Vunagi has opened day two of the COVID-19 vaccination program by receiving his COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Central Field Hospital in Honiara. The Ministry of Health confirmed. He was observed for 30 minutes before he left the hospital.
25 Mar 2021
Breaking News
COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine arrives Friday
Main points: -AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive this Friday -First 24,000 doses free of charge provided by the COVAX facility -People’s Republic of China to provide twenty thousand doses of Sinopharm vaccines The first shipment of 24,000 doses of the AstraZeneca, a coronavirus vaccine, will arrive in…
17 Mar 2021
Breaking News
All COVID-19 positive cases tested negative
Eighteen COVID-19 positive cases tested negative; Six rectivation cases tested negative
22 Feb 2021
Breaking News
CABINET APPROVED ADDITIONAL MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19
Cabinet has approved additional response measures under the current Emergency Regulations in light of the two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country This is based on the assessment of the current risk level as being of ‘low risk’, taken together with the assurance from health authorities, that…
12 Oct 2020
Breaking News
SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE NORMAL DESPITE THE FIRST COVID-19 CASE
Schools throughout the country will continue with their normal classes. This was according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Dr. Franco Rodie.
5 Oct 2020
Breaking News
Solomon Islands lost it’s COVID-19 free status
“It pains me to say that we have lost our COVID-19 free status.”
5 Oct 2020
Breaking News
SIG is committed to solving Philippine students visa/passport issues
The government is committed to solving visa and passport issues facing local students in the Philippine. A total of 305 locals are still in the Philippines and 112 of them have visa and passport issues.
30 Sept 2020
Breaking News
Twelve Solomon Islands students tested positive of COVID-19
A total of 12 students studying in the Philippines were tested positive for covid-19. The first six students were among the 1-hundred and thirty students tested last week as part of the government’s testing requirement to board the first government’s repatriation flight to the Philippines scheduled…
16 Sept 2020
Breaking News
COVID-19 tests for Philippine students costs SBD $1 million
The Solomon Islands government is committed to meet the 1 million Solomon Island dollars for COVID-19 testing cost to all local students in the Philippines. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare assured the students in his nationwide address yesterday.
15 Sept 2020
Breaking News
Six Solomon Islands students in Philippines tested positive of COVID-19
Six Solomon Islands Students studying in the Philippines were tested positive of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The six were among 131 students tested as part of the country’s testing protocols before boarding the government’s proposed repatriation flight to the Philippines.
14 Sept 2020
Breaking News
Police Investigates Suspicious Transactions at Pacific Casino Quarantine Station
Police are investigating the alleged suspicious transaction or exchange of goods involving a local Chinese person and Chinese nationals at the Pacific Casino Quarantine station. The suspicious exchanges happened hours after the arrival of the flight from Guangzhou, China a few days ago.
6 Sept 2020
Breaking News
USA lauds COVID-19 free Solomon Islands
The US Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu -Her Excellency Erin Mckee has congratulated the Solomon Islands Government and its people for keeping the Solomon Islands free of coronavirus.
27 May 2020