November 16, 2020

PAC enquiry on HCC scheduled

By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Public Accounts Committee is scheduled to hold public inquiry into the Honiara City Council audit report and 2019 budget outcomes after Parliament meeting on November 19. Chairman of PAC, Douglas Ete confirmed this after the Committee’s…

ESP payment process continues

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA APPROVAL, informing recipients, signing of contracts and also raising of payments on the remaining part on the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) continues this week. Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) Permanent Secretary (PS) and Chairman of the…

Naka’s genuine call

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU FORMER Beach soccer sensation and Honiara Titans veteran James Naka has made a genuine call to the responsible authorities to build proper standard Beach Soccer facility. Speaking exclusively to SunSPORTS the one time World ranked sixth player…

Gov’t plans for beach soccer expansion

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE National Government has set plans to improve the future development of Beach Soccer in the country by expanding programs throughout the provinces. This follows the completion of the National Invitational Beach Soccer Championship over the weekend.…

Shark’s tale back

PAC 7s ends on a high BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II THE Henderson Hammerheads Sharks retain their pride as winners of the 2020 PAC Sevens rugby competition’s tale for the third time in an exceptional hosting fashion on Saturday 14 at…

Quarantine graduation

-105 repatriates released into society -All negative, government says BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO YESTERDAY (15th Nov) 105 persons graduated from the Institutional Quarantine Facilities (IQF) after having completed their mandatory quarantine periods. This was confirmed by the Acting Incident Controller…