An officer of the Ministry of Mines, Energy & Rural Electrification refutes a claim in the paper yesterday that the former Permanent Secretary (PS) of Mines interferes with divisional work of the Ministry. The officer who declined to reveal his identity said, those claims are baseless, adding the article was one sided and doesn’t represent…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group is concerned that the recent sacking of the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Mines & Energy, Jeffrey Kauha is linked to the issuance of an export license to a foreign company, BT Mega Bingtang Borneo Ltd. The Opposition Group says recent revelations made by Mr Kauha that his sacking was orchestrated…
QBE Insurance Company has stepped in to support the diabetic father who has been struggling to support his six children by donating $3000 in cash. The assistance was rendered to the father on Wednesday in the presence of two of his children. The insurance firm based at Panatina Plaza in Honiara was touched by the…
A women’s centre group at Koa Hill in the Vavaya ward has received assistance from their Councillor. The assistance in the form of cash was delivered to them purposely for their savings club which will support the women in the community. Councillor for Vavaya ward John Aruhane said, this is part of his plans to…
Burnscreek Paramount Chief Peter Usi has called on the Government to speed up development on Malaita province. Speaking to this paper on Wednesday Mr Usi said, he is wondering why it takes so long for the previous governments and the current one to develop Suafa Bay and Bina Harbour project on Malaita. He said, the…
The Womens Rugby 10s Competition continues today with two great matches set down for Panatina field this afternoon. SIRUF Rugby Development Officer confirmed this to Star Sports in a statement yesterday. Fredson Soak said, matches for Womens 10s competition will continue today, starting at 4:30 pm at the Panatina field, East Honiara. The Development Officer…
The chase for the 2015 Honiara Football Association League (HFA) title for the premier division may have experienced some movements in the team positions but KOSSA remains in charge of the lead. KOSSA stays at the top with 37 points, played 15 matches; winning 12, drew one and lost two. Northern United returns to settle…
Bad weather to be blamed for no training Training for young tennis talents who will represent Solomon Islands at the Pacific Oceania Junior Championship have come to a halt over the past days due to the current bad weather experienced in the country. The youngsters were supposed to have kicked off their trainings following their…
Football clubs hoping to secure licences for next two seasons of the Telekom S-League have until Sunday 30th May to submit their applications or miss out of the country’s top football competition. The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Competitions Department made the announcement following confusion about the closing date for applications amongst clubs who want…
A sports fanatic, Adrian Mutu has lashed out to the National Selection and Justification Committee (NSJC) for the Pacific Games, saying they should not expect so much from athletes since they have not helped in putting in place proper and upgraded facilities for athletes to train in for the Games. The NSJC recently revealed that…