The High Court recently ruled that the lockdown orders made by the Prime Minister under the COVID-19 Emergency Powers are legally valid under the constitution. The Court made the ruling in the case of Denis Mitoro Vs REGINA last Wednesday.
A middle-aged man is currently quarantined at the Nila Isolation Centre since Tuesday this week after returning from Bouganville on Monday night. The man was put in the isolation ward after the front-line officials received a report from the Tactical Commander at 10:30 pm on Monday.
Former Member of Parliament for Northeast Guadalcanal Dr. Derek Sikua says certain sections of the Public Health Emergency Bill do not reflect the doctrine of the separation of powers. Dr.
The government’s policy plans to freeze the recruitment process in the Public Service will affect the implementation of the 2021 budget. Leader of Opposition Hon Mathew Wale told parliament today during his debate on the 2021 Budget appropriation Bill. Mr.
The Public Health Emergency Bill will take a proactive approach in dealing with public health emergencies. Attorney General John Muria Junior confirmed in an interview with SIBC News.
Leader of Opposition Hon. Mathew Wale calls on the government to halt repatriation plans for the United Kingdom (UK) as the multiple COVID-19 variants emerged with an unusually large number of mutants.
Six local students studying in the Philippines have failed to board the government’s repatriation flight scheduled for today. The flight was expected to arrive this evening, with a total of 133 local students.
The Economic Stimulus Package implementation shouldn’t be implemented by the Prime Minister’s office as being the highest office in the country, says MP for East Areare, Peter Kenilorea Junior. Mr. Kenilorea said the PMO as the highest office that deserves to be respected.
The extension of the State of Public Emergency (SOPE) for the third time is concerning, says Member of Parliament for East Areare Constituency, Hon. Peter Kenilorea Junior.
-Manila repatriation flight cancelled -Six new positive cases of local students in the Philippines -An additional positive case recorded in Solomon Islands
Eighteen of the 22 positive COVID-19 students in the Philippines have now tested negative in their recent tests. The students are now cleared to return home. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare told the nation today.
Solomon Islands has recorded its 3rd local confirmed COVID-19 positive case. The person is a student who returned from the Philippines repatriation flight. The person is currently in isolation at the National Referral Hospital for medical observations.
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
