Premier of Central Province Stanley Manetiva today assures the people of Central Province that the Provincial Disaster Committee (PDC), the Police and Health Teams are in coordination to address Livelihood and Camp Management matters in the province.
A male person from Aorigi village in Makira-Ulawa Province who went on a fishing trip on 7 February 2022 did not returned home as expected. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Makira-Ulawa Province, Superintendent Peter Sitai said Kirakira Police has been contacting communities at Santa Anna and…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has questioned the rationale behind the Oversight Committee’s directive to prioritise COVID testing for Members of Parliament, their families and the Prime Minister’s Office.
The National Government has enforced a lock down for the Isabel Provincial Capital Buala, effective 6pm pm this evening to 6pm Thursday 10th February. The lockdown restricts movement of persons and Vessels in and out of Buala during the aforementioned period.
The National Disaster Operations Committee Livelihood Sector is implementing a mechanism that will in effect to ensure the safe transshipment of fresh food delivery from outside the Honiara Emergency Zone into the city and vice versa.
Upon invitation by the Government of Solomon Islands, in the context of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, an expert team of four from the People’s Republic of China have arrived in Honiara.
The Guadalcanal Provincial Executive has taken the decision to temporarily close the Corona market in far east Honiara until further notice. In a statement, the Executive said this means that there will be no buying and selling of products on site to avoid any huge gatherings.
The Executive of the Guadalcanal Province Government (GPG) wishes to inform the good people of Guadalcanal Province of the unfortunate health situation that is prevailing in the country especially in Honiara, Guadalcanal, Malaita, Isabel and Western Provinces.
SELF-isolation in the context of Honiara is not a solution, Opposition Leader Matthew Wale says. In a statement today, the Leader of Opposition said many households in Honiara comprise two to three families cramped into small spaces.
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has responded to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s appeal to support Government efforts with two buses for logistics to contain the community transmission of COVID-19 in the capital Honiara.
Passengers and cargo vessels going out from Honiara are transporting COVID-19 to the provinces in the country. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirms that 23 people from MV Awka are positive with Covid-19. He also confirms that seven Crew members of MV Nusa Tupe were tested positive for Covid.
Fear of a probable transmission of the deadly coronavirus has emerged in Tulagi township following reports that MV Awka made a stopover and berthed at the Silent World Jetty in Tulagi when it traveled from Honiara Ontong Java.
The Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) calls on the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to distribute masks to the people living in Honiara immediately as one of the Measures people take to protect themselves and their families is to wear masks.
A community action team at Malo village in Santa Cruz, Temotu Province this morning activated its Covid-19 preparedness response procedure as they are bracing themselves for a probable Covid community transmission in the far eastern island province.
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.
Commencement of all schools in the country for this year is delayed by one week, and not on Monday 24 January as initially instructed, says the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Dr Franco Rodie.
Solomon Islands has experienced the largest increase of positive cases of Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. “The Ministry of Health has advised that we have diagnosed a total of 48 new cases of Covid-19 between 8am yesterday morning to 8am this morning,” Prime Minister Sogavare said in his…
Cooperation and obedience to health advice is vital to determine the extent of covid-19 transmission in Honiara as community transmission of the deadly virus is projected to increase in the city in coming days.
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.
Honiara Emergency Zone is in lockdown for 60 hours effective 6pm this evening to 6am Saturday 22 January 2022. At its meeting, Cabinet has endorsed the lock down after an urgent Special National Address by Prime Minister Hon.
