Dear Editor – We Tikopians are quite known for our respect, kindness and other good cultural behaviours. We are generally peaceful, non-hostile citizens of our country. These are some of the products of good relationship between the chiefs and the people. However, these good relationships will keep on diminishing if the above subject is not…
Dear Editor – At the outset, it appears that the issue regarding Moti’s compensation has drawn both legal and political overtones. I am not privy to Moti’s employment contract with the Solomon Islands Government. Hence, if he is therefore claiming for dues he is entitled to under that contract, then perhaps that is something the…
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) is calling together a training squad of youth players in anticipation of a possible participation in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) U-19 Championship in May. Players qualified for selection are those born on or after January 1st 1995 and a number of players playing in the current season of…
IN an attempt to address recent media articles and online discussion threads about participation in the OFC U-19 Championship and the role of Normalising Committee the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) wishes to make the following statement. “Firstly it must be realised and acknowledged that SIFF is put under administration by FIFA who subsequently appointed…
ANOTHER breakthrough for our local female referee with the announcement of Nagarita Jimmy as one of the referees in the region who will be officiating in the upcoming Ocean Confederation Under-20 soccer championship next month. She will be part of the tournament as an assistant referee, according to a statement by Oceania Confederation yesterday. She…
Women in government or representation of women in Parliament are often quite hard for many to accept in this country, however since the national general election is just around the corner, it is the right time to give it a focus again. All alone, it seems that Solomon Islands government remained unconvinced of the need…
The founder of Revival Fellowship Church in Papua New Guinea (PNG) Pastor Godfrey Wippon is currently in the country. Yesterday members of the Solomon Islands Revival Fellowship church welcomed him and his delegation at the Henderson international terminal upon their arrival. Pastor Godfrey was accompanied by two other pastors in Port Moresby Pr Martin Irogi…
Dear Editor – I have been monitoring the internet edition of your daily newspaper over the past month chiefly for the purpose of identifying prospective defendants to both civil and criminal proceedings in defamation which I intend to institute to test your legal system’s capacity to discipline the exercise of constitutionally-protected rights of one person’s…
WOMEN are urged to work together if they are to contest in this year’s general elections. The reminder came from Margaret Fale, former president of the Holy Cross Mothers’ group. “It is only through working together that women can achieve their aims and objectives in this year’s election,” Ms Fale said. She said she decided…
The Solomon Islands Rugby Union federation (SIRUF) has finalised a date to stage its annual general meeting (AGM) and council meeting to elect its new executive. The SIRUF\ AGM has been moved from the 20th of January to the 5th of February 2014. This was due to the bad weather currently experienced in the country…