City move into fifth spot BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II REIGNING TSL Champions Solomon Warriors are yet confident for a top spot finish this season after maintaining their second spot in 6-3 win over FC Isabel United yesterday – seven points…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA RESULTS and messages needed to be advised on from the ‘Rapid School Survey’ carried out by government to address school fees currently charged to students will be made known this week. Ministry of Education and Human Resources…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AND BANARBAS MANEBONA THE fourth Manila repatriation flight is likely on March 7 but is yet to be confirmed, said Dr Jimmie Rodgers, deputy secretary to the Oversight Committee, yesterday. “We are looking at one more…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO NATIONAL referral hospital (NRH) has rebuffed observations that ‘sleeping on the floor due to lack of bed’ is one contributing factor to deaths at the emergency ward. Chief Executive Officer of NRH, Dr George Malefoasi says,…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA RUMOUR that certain applicants have already been awarded with 2021 Solomon Islands Government (SIG) scholarships is ‘not true’. The ministry of education (MEHRD) rebuts this saying selection process had only just begun. “It is not an overnight…
20 beds, 60-100 patients per day at the Emergency BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Emergency Department (ED) at the national referral hospital (NRH) sees 60 to 100 patients per day. This is with only 20 beds. And, this imbalance in…
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II HONIARA City Council (HCC) Sports Department has cleared that the council’s intention was for all sports to similarly use the Lawson Tama stadium. HCC Sports Director Fox Qwaina told SunSPORTS in an interview this week. “It…
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II THE Solomon Island Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) is supporting a national rugby player who was found guilty in the Magistrates Court for assaulting a couple at the Heritage Park Hotel last year. Formidable and influential rugby…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE Premier of Central province has clarified accusations of possible conflict of interest under his leadership in regards to payments being made to fuel depots owned by provincial workers. The accusations against the premier stemmed from a…
BY BEN BILUA CHAIRMAN of the North West Guadalcanal Subsistence Farmers Association (NWGSFA), Bernard Garo has rubbished reports of Rhinoceros beetle eating noni fruits, describing it to be unfounded and misleading. He made the statement in response to a report…
