HRUA continues preparations for new season By Taromane Martin Transfer period of players for the 2021 Honiara Rugby Union Association (HRUA) rugby 15s season will open next month. HRUA President Brian Taupiri confirmed while providing updates on preparations for the…
U-19 soccer youths of Honiara City Council’s (HCC) Cruz Ward 4 have been boosted with a new set of sports uniforms from ‘shirts, trousers to socks’ last Saturday morning. Handing over the uniforms with an additional donation of $1,000.00 purposely…
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II The Western Football Association (WFA) is expected to name its provincial beach soccer squad for the 2021 Mariner Beach Soccer National Championship by the end of this month. WFA Beach Soccer Committee rep Christopher Podokolo revealed…
SIFF organizes small sided games By Taromane Martin Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) President William Lai last week kicked off the football for all initiative games at the Lawson Tama Stadium. The program took place last Wednesday and saw some…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SCIENTIFIC evidence shows that the covid-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca, is effective in preventing illness, hospitalisation and deaths triggered by the virus. This was according to Minister for Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Dr Culwick Togamana. …
BY BEN BILUAGizo WESTERN Provincial Government will soon take tough measures on business licence application and processes to make sure the province reaps the benefits of what is due to the province. This was agreed during the Provincial Assembly meeting…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Journalists have been trained in reporting on extractive industries and endemic species in Solomon Islands. This was during a three-day workshop last week in Honiara. This workshop is jointly organised by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and…
Catholics from around the country celebrated Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, in the Christian tradition, the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, in commemorating Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Thousands gathered at Holy…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO NORTH West Guadalcanal Development Association members officially commenced their 2021 programmes with registration of members to continue to achieve the association’s aims and objects. Chair if the association Simon Chottu said NWGDA members met on Saturday…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU CENTRAL Islands Premier Stanley Manetiva says his government remains “strong and solid rock”. He said this after winning last week’s motion of no-confidence by an overwhelming majority vote of nine against four. Manetiva told Island Sun yesterday…
