Gov’t focuses on decentralisation By Gary Hatigeva THE National Government believes that decentralisation is the answer to a balanced facilitation of services to the provinces. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS), Stanley Pirione…
BY ROMULUS HUTA HONIARA Amateur Boxing Association (HABA) has congratulated its three boxers that recently took part at the the Fiji Boxing Revival Tournament held in Suva over the weekend. The three boxers are Henry Kia, Joshua O’oku and Lemuel…
BY ROMULUS HUTA THE Honiara Football Association (HFA) gives a few days grace period until the end of this week for teams who are yet to submit their expression of interest for the pre-season qualifying competition for next year’s season.…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE SOLOMON Islands has had its first live pig export to Kiribati in November last year. Donald Wang, Taiwan Technical Mission’s outgoing (TTM) livestock specialist, told Island Sun this in a recent interview. Wang spoke of how…
By Mike Puia SOLOMON Islands has the potential of being a hub port for neighboring countries. An International Maritime Organization (IMO) consultant, Alper Keceli, believes so. Currently Keceli is in Honiara to attend the fifth IMO marine seminar which opens…
By Alfred Sasako THE Government has cancelled WorldLink Resources Ltd’s mining licence on West Rennell, citing non-compliance for the action. The cancellation of ML 03/05 was contained in a letter by the Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification, Bradley…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE public has been eagerly waiting to see when police will arrest the 10 people under investigation by Police. Police Commissioner Mathew Varley in his previous press conference revealed that there are 10 active cases of corruption…
BY ROMULUS HUTA SOLOMON Warriors striker Kensi Tangis sets his sight on claiming the golden boot award of the Telekom S-League (TSL) with three matches to spare per team in the remainder of the 2018/19 season’s league competition. After 11…
Kava family rescues hospital with glove donation EARLY this week, the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has received a timely donation of latex hand gloves. The NRH had reportedly run out of latex hand gloves last week, and had already…
INDONESIA has agreed to support the development of a national futsal stadium and sports academy stadium for Solomon Islands. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela presented the proposal to the Indonesian President, H.E. Joko Widodo when the two leaders met this week…
