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39 babies per day

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA    THE birth rate of Solomon Islands has increase to 2.3 percent as of last year, it is reported. This is likened to 39 babies per day. A report by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services…

Airfares go up

Travellers to pay for Solomon Islands’ newest state-owned enterprise   By Alfred Sasako INTERNATIONAL and domestic travellers alike have been slugged a hefty Airport Tax in an attempt to assist the Government set up the nation’s newest State-Owned Enterprise (SOE),…

Chan to join U-19 next month

BY ROMULUS HUTA THE lone foreign inclusion into the provisional national under-19 boys’ soccer training squad will join the team next month. Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Media Officer Simon Abana confirmed on Monday. Europe-based Marcus Chan was among the 25 players enlisted for the provisional under-19 training squad in preparation…

Big prep plans

Under-16 boys may train in Japan ahead of Qualifiers BY ROMULUS HUTA PLANS are underway at the moment to get the national under-16 men’s soccer team fully prepared and in shape ahead of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Under-16 Championship this year. The biennial Oceania Under-16 Championship will be…