‘THE Office of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) strongly warns intending candidates and voters to refrain from buying and selling voter ID cards. In a statement yesterday, Chief Electoral Officer Moses Saitala said there are reports of intending candidates…
THE Office of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has noticed that there has been a very high number of voters transferring themselves to new constituencies. The Electoral Commission has also noticed that voters who have registered themselves by way of…
BY ROMULUS HUTA THE hosting of the 2018 OFC Under-16 Championship in Honiara over the past two weeks has brought a lot of unity among Solomon Islanders and the entire Oceania footballing community as a whole. The tournament, which began…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CERTAIN members of the general public request for a survey to question why people are doing cross-border registration as currently highly debated in Solomon Islands. Widespread debate continues over this concern raising disappointment, anger and confusion as…
DEAR EDITOR, in the Western Pacific Region, the Solomon Islands is rated as having low coverage of essential services in the health sector and currently major challenges remain in overall service capacity and in infectious disease and in combatting non-communicable…
DEAR EDITOR, I have read that local fund raising is still continuing to help get 13 –year old Andy Toloubua, who is said to be suffering from a heart condition needing surgery in Australia. I thank all those who have…
DEAR EDITOR, according to what Prime Minister Rick Hou told participants at the 10th Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum in Brisbane recently, Solomon Islands Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to drop next year from 3.5 percent this year to…
Squad leaves for Buenos Aires on Friday BY ROMULUS HUTA SOLOMON Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has released the names of the national under-18 futsal squad members for next month’s Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Argentina. A total of 10 players…
New electoral law paying off By Alfred Sasako STEEP penalties in the newly enacted Electoral law are said to be creating headaches for political parties with reports that some Party members have deserted their camps in search of greener…
HBL school matches confirmed By Taromane Martin ALL matches for the Honiara Basketball League (HBL) open men and women competition will take place next weekend. HBL Executives confirmed this Sunday will only see two matches in the high schools boy’s…
