BY BEN BILUA NATIONAL Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands is mobilising programmes in preparation to welcome the Queens baton on December 5th ahead of 2018 Common Wealth Games to be held in Gold Coast Australia next year. A working committee has…
Federation to host OFC B-Licence for coaches By Taromane Martin Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) is set to reach another milestone next month when they host the first ever OFC B-Licence course for coaches. SIFF Technical Director Felipe Vega Arongo…
National soccer team to resume training for Pacific Mini Games next month BY ROMULUS HUTA THE National soccer men’s team will resume training next month for the Pacific Mini Games in December. Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Technical Director Felipe…
By Taromane Martin THE Solomon Islands women’s national basketball team preparations for the FIBA Melanesia Cup in Papua New Guinea this month is in full swing. The women’s basketball team yesterday played a friendly match with a select team, consisting…
GOVERNMENT Officers responsible for implementing the annual Development Budget programmes and projects and achieving the vision of the National Development Strategy (NDS) 2016-35 began their Certificate IV in Project Management Practice this week. The course was officially launched in Honiara…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE national campaign against the invasive pest, the Rhinoceros Beetle, has received a major blow with the insect confirmed in Ngella. Ngella is one of the copra hubs of the country, and the pest’s presence is a…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI MISS South Pacific will visit the country at the end of this month. Solomon Island Pageant Director, Ms Joyce Konofilia told local media during a press conference yesterday that Miss South Pacific, who also Miss Fiji, will…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE closed Perch Christian School has taken its issue to the doorsteps of the Prime Minister’s Office. Director of the school Ms Lydia Yeo has written to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, copied to the Deputy Prime Minister,…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI HONIARA residents are imploring the Honiara City Council (HCC) to reconsider its decision to close down the Perch Christian School in East Honiara. One such concerned citizen, Mr Jones Baea, tells Island Sun that the children are…
BY BEN BILUA WANTOK System (or nepotism) has invaded the government system and is identified as a major influential driver of poor services. Solomon Islands Public Service Satisfaction Survey Report, which was launched in 2016 and brought to light again…
