Warriors closes 3rd gap
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II REIGNING TSL Champions Solomon Warriors have closed the third seat on the league table with a 5-3 win over a young Marist FC yesterday at the Lawson Tama stadium. Gagame Feni marked his return to the…
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II REIGNING TSL Champions Solomon Warriors have closed the third seat on the league table with a 5-3 win over a young Marist FC yesterday at the Lawson Tama stadium. Gagame Feni marked his return to the…
TWO government approved repatriation flights are scheduled for November 19 and 24, 2020. Chair of Covid-19 Oversight Committee, James Remobatu relayed this to all Solomon Islands citizens and non-nationals residing overseas. He said on November 19, Solomon Airlines operating IE626…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA RUSSELL Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL) put down concern that they are operating ‘illegal’ in Central Islands Province (CIP). On earlier media issue that the CIP Provincial Government and Administration deemed RIPEL operating illegal in the province…
By EDDIE OSIFELO COUNTING for Central Honiara and North East Guadalcanal by elections will start around 10am today at Police Conference room, Rove. Both constituencies have completed free and fair elections yesterday. Central Honiara Returning Officer Atu Balakana said there…
Gov’t urged to stop proposed ban on FB LEADER of the Independent Group Dean Kuku urges the government to ‘call it quits’ on the proposed ban on Facebook. “The proposed suspension of FB by DCGA cannot go unchallenged because it…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE 2019 Census Provisional count recorded an increase of 169, 930, a 30.8 percent increase to the 2009 Census. The increase represents an average annual growth rate of 2.7 percent for the period from 2009 to 2019.…
STRUGGLING businesses have expressed concerns over Government’s proposal to temporarily ban the world’s biggest social networking site ‘facebook’ in Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), as the peak body representing private sector in Solomon Islands,…
By Taromane Martin PREPARATIONS for the hosting of the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara is progressing well despite the current set back caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare has confirmed in his nationwide address that…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO SIX nurses were suspended yesterday for misconduct in office following the sit-in protest over covid-19 allowance claims. This follows the first eight who were senior nurses at the national referral hospital and Honiara City clinics, having…
Government reacts to public criticism By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Sogavare-led government is being accused of “dictatorial leadership” after Cabinet agreed on Monday to ban Facebook. Citizens, especially those who use FB to promote their businesses, engage in discussion, communicate and…