The exciting EU funded Women’s Theatre Company, Stages of Change, kick off their first ever national tour with a free public performance tomorrow (Thursday Oct 23) at the National Auditorium at 6.30pm. Stages of Change project uses theatre to engage women and men in discussions about violence against women and girls; its subtle use of…
The Papua New Guinea government is to set up a Police Task Force to combat police brutality. The Post Courier reports that the task force will have up to 30 police officers whose primary role will be to instill discipline and restore respect among the police and the public. Kundiawa MP Tobias Kulang had raised…
The University of the South Pacific’s Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rajesh Chandra had a successful meeting with Dr. Laurent Zessler, Director and Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific Sub-Regional Office on October 9, 2014. Dr Zessler commended and congratulated the University for its work in the region. He pointed out the three…
WESTERN United girls yesterday thrashed Hana in the 2014 womens league. The match was played at the SIFF academy, King George, East Honiara. It was a tough kick off as both teams were determined to open the scorelines. But as the match continued United ladies managed to take control of the match and slotted in…
The Matson-Silentworld inter-island rugby competition which kicked off over the weekend is into its pool games this week with teams battling it out for top position. Tuesday’s first match was a very close game with Malaita Outer Islands defeating Eastern Outer Islands by 3 points. The second game featured Malaita Subi up against Guadalcanal Malaghai.…
The Betikama Adventist College (BAC) basketball teams both boys and girls claimed victory on Sunday during the high school basketball league. In the boys catergory Betikama ladies overcame the determined Tenaru girls by 30-11. While in the boys’ division Betikama was too good for the King George Sixth sode overpowering them with a scoreline of…
Last weekend’s bad weather has forced all six remaining futsal league games in Auki, Malaita province to be cancelled. The matches were supposed to be played at Aligegeo futsal court. Because of the heavy down, all the team managers met with the organising committee and agreed that the games be cancelled due to the poor…
Dear Editor – I would like to also contribute along with vast majority of Solomon Islanders, who wants to see a leap forward in our nation’s development. In saying so, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the former members of parliament. You in your own right are voted leaders of this nation. I…
Dear Editor – Whilst not siding with any parties regarding issues debated by Grant David (Sunday Star 19 October 2014) on above I am obliged to state the truth. The 23 Malaysian doctors stated by David and that they were invited by Dr Rodgers were both incorrect. They were Filipino doctors. They were not invited…
Dear Editor – I have seen displayed in your Monday 20th October 2014 issue, the illustration of the process along which voting would be done. I have noticed that this process does not match the whole intention of conducting the completed nation-wide BVR process. This is because of the situation where the use of finger-print…