BY ROMULUS HUTA THE national under-16 side will begin its preparation for next year’s FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Peru soon. Head coach Stanley Waita confirmed on Monday. Waita said they are yet to finalise an exact date for the…
OAG report finds $26M given to MPs through Shipping Grant, but no ship By Alfred Sasako JUST as the anger surrounding payments of hundreds of millions of dollars to JQY Enterprise Ltd – a Government Preferred Supplier – begins…
Last international games for Tengemoana BY TAROMANE MARTIN THE Solomon Islands national rugby league team competing at the 2018 Rugby League Emerging Nations World Championship in Sydney, Australia has finished the competition on a high note. The Sollies finished the…
BY ALFRED PAFEPITU GIZO IT’S always bigger, better and amazing than the last. This goes for the Ijo Maringi Festival 2018, which opened in Saeragi village, west Gizo on Friday last week. Hundreds of people within Gizo, Vella la Vella…
THE Young Entrepreneurs Council Solomon Islands (YECSI) was successfully launched on Friday, October 12, 2018 at the Mendana Hotel in Honiara. When launching YECSI, Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela said YECSI is one of the first successful examples of an innovative…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has congratulated the Most Reverend Bishop Elect Peter Houhou describing him as a ‘true son of Solomon Islands’. Bishop Houhou is the first native Solomon Islander to be appointed as Bishop of Auki Diocese and the…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PACIFIC nations have called on Australia and New Zealand to increase the number of people they employ in their regional seasonal workers schemes. The call is the end result of the second Pacific Labour Mobility Annual…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE Bank of South (BSP) in Solomon Islands has called on businesses operating in the country to wear something pink in aid of Pinktober. The call was made in a press interview with the BSP Country…
SOLOMON Islands Catholic Church yesterday celebrated the Episcopal Consecration and installation of its first-ever native priest as Bishop at the St Augustine Cathedral at Faasitoro in the Auki Diocese, Malaita province. The consecration was officiated by the Pope’s representative the…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Ministry of Education, Human Resources and Development (MEHRD) has decided NOT to send any more students under Cuba Scholarship scheme in medicine. MEHRD Permanent Secretary (PS) Dr Franco Rodie says the scholarship was concentrated in training…
