ANZ today announced an agreement with the Australian Government to support the increased roll out of mobile banking and financial literacy programs to a further 65,000 Solomon Islanders previously excluded from traditional banking services. As part of this partnership, the Australian Government will provide additional funding to assist ANZ to improve access to phone banking…
AFP – U.S Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Myanmar, Australia and Solomon Islands later this month, the State Department says. Kerry will arrive in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on August 9 where he will meet government leaders and attend a series of gatherings including the ASEAN Regional Forum and East Asia Summit ministerial…
Solomon Islands only female weightlifter at the Commonwealth Games, Jenly Wini has ended her participation finishing at eighth place in the women’s 58kg category. Wini managed to finish on eighth spot out of 14 competitors. Despite not being able to win a medal at the Games, Ms Wini was happy with her final result. “I…
The coach of the Telekom S-league champions Solomon Warriors FC, Moses Toata is unmoved by the fact that he has some of his key players switching sides for the upcoming TSL season. Warriors had three of its players who signed for Western United FC for the coming season. These players are Jeffery Bule, Gagame Feni…
After not being able to play last year, the womens rugby program is kicking off again soon. This has been confirmed by the SIRUF Development Officer Mr. Fredson Soaki. Mr. Soaki said that the priority now is to the clubs to get themselves organized and start training sessions in the evenings. He calls on the…
Tura the Kokomo will visit each province in the country to tell the people about the 2015 Pacific Games and how they can be part of the excitement. Tura has been busy meeting locals in NCD, Central and was in Kokopo, Rabaul and Tabubil in the last month. In the next four months, the rest…
David Gorosi will take away some fantastic lessons from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, after an impressive performance in the Group B Men’s 85kg Weightlifting. He was the only competitor in the whole group who was awarded a ‘Good Lift’ for all of his lifts, and beat his personal best in the Snatch, lifting 125kg…
OCEANIA Football Confederation (OFC) and Papua New Guinea Football Association president, David Chung, says finding suitable land in Port Moresby to build an academy is becoming a headache. During a press conference last week in Port Moresby, Chung said building an academy was important towards popularising the game. “If PNG wants to develop better skilled…
SEARCH is underway for five people who have gone missing after their boat sank last week in the Western province. Reports reaching the paper said a ray boat believed to be powered by a 60 horse-powered outboard motor (OBM) carrying seven males sank between the open waters of Vella La Vella and Choiseul. The boat…
Former US President JF Kennedy’s surviving rescuer has died at his home village at the age of 94 yesterday. The brave Aaron (Eroni) Kumana was one of the two brave Solomon Island scouts during the height of the WWII recognised for saving the life of US former president John F Kennedy. For without the two…