Double victory
Bird wins u-16 girls singles and doubles in Fiji Open BY ROMULUS HUTA YOUNG female Solomon Islands tennis player Prudence Bird has snatched a double victory at the Fiji Tennis Open. The 2018 Fiji Open Tennis Championships held at the…
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We are doing our best: Commissioner
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley said police are doing their very best to execute warrants of arrests issued by the court. Mr Varley in response to a question in relation to the delay of the execution of warrants…
You may now vote in Honiara for your constituency candidate: Official
By Alfred Sasako THOUSANDS of Honiara residents can now vote for their Constituency candidate without having to travel to the Constituency to do so, the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, has confirmed. At the same time pre-poll voting will be introduced…
Facebook causes havoc during counting, journos checked
By Mike Puia Gizo GIZO/Kolombangara constituency by-election counting in Gizo (Western Province), yesterday, was disrupted by posts on social media, particularly on Facebook. When counting reached polling station seven (Hunda polling station), staff from Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) called…
“We going to compete”.
Puirana thanks NOCSI for green light By Taromane Martin HEAD Coach for the national Under-17 futsal team Mr Stanley Puirana has thanked the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) for confirming their participation at this year’s Youth Olympic Games…
Tanangada triumphs
Another female Member of Parliament for the round house By Mike Puia Gizo GIZO/Kolombangara Constituency in the Western Province has a new Member of Parliament (MP). She is Mrs. Lanelle Orlandrea Tanangada. Mrs. Tanangada is the wife of the former…
PM confirms PG 2023 support with Taiwan
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has confirmed the funding arrangement for the Pacific Games 2023 with President of Taiwan Dr Tsai Ing-Wen. The Prime Minister successfully negotiated the arrangement with the Taiwanese President during his bilateral recently. The president of Taiwan…
Futsal confirms for Buenos Aires
BY ROMULUS HUTA THE National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) has confirmed the participation of the under-18 futsal boys team in the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina come October. The confirmation was made during Wednesday’s NOCSI Executive meeting in…
Rumbiak cautions PM Hou
ULMWP calls on SI to be wary of report from recent Indo-funded trip BY ROMULUS HUTA THE United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela not to believe a single word which…
Striding forward
Paralympic organisational capacity workshop a success BY ROMULUS HUTA A one-day organisational capacity workshop held on Monday in Honiara ended with a success. The workshop is organised by the Oceania Paralympic Committee (OCP) in collaboration with the Solomon Islands National…