A third bail application made for two of the men accused of the armed robbery at the Bank of South Pacific (BSP) in Auki last year, has been refused. Deputy Chief Magistrate Shepherd Lapo yesterday refused bail for John Kiki and Nelson Ausolo fearing they might influence investigation and the trial. “The nature of the…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Wednesday briefly met with the Australian senior foreign affairs official Deputy Secretary Ric Wells. A statement from the PM Press Secretariat said Mr Wells from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade made the courtesy call yesterday afternoon as part of his three-day visit to Solomon Islands. “As the…
Solomon Islands national futsal team, Kurukuru is confident it can make a difference in the upcoming 2016 FIFA Futsal World. Speaking to local media on their arrival from Australia on Wednesday, head coach, Juliano Schmeling said the team had stepped up preparations during their month long training camp in Australia. He said with the stage…
Hana Football Club started the Red Cardim Vaelens program early this week in Honiara. They started their training program on the topic of family violence which was presented by the community policing team of the RSIPF. During the training activity which was facilitated by the Community Policing team of the RSIPF, they highlighted some of…
Friendlies set The Malaita Futsal team for the up coming Solomon Games will be hosting a Honiara based Futsal club call Matox in two friendly matches scheduled for this coming weekend. The two friendlies will be staged at the Aligegeo stadium in Auki tomorrow and on Saturday respectively. This was confirmed to Star Sports in…
OFC: All Whites skipper Rory Fallon said his side cannot wait to test themselves against the best teams in the world at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017. New Zealand booked their place at one of the marquee events in world football when they defeated Papua New Guinea 4-2 on penalties in the OFC Nations…
Despite Solomon Islands women’s hockey team will make the first debut in international hockey competition Bently Donga is confident that our national side will be competitive. Head coach Donga stressed this to Star Sports in an interview. “This will be our first time to have our women’s team representing the country in any international competition,’’…
SUVA, ( FIJI TIMES) – Fiji now has more chances of retaining its Oceania Hockey World League status after the withdrawal of Samoa in the annual tournament. Fiji Hockey Federation president Dr Robin Mitchell said our south sea neighbours opted out because of ground problems at home. “Samoa has withdrawn, so now we have nine…
Dear Editor – May I be given a space to respond to comments by the Director of Civil Aviation, George Satu in relations to a front page article which I authored. It appeared on Tuesday 14 June 2016. I am rather disappointed that the Director had made an about face in what he told me.…
Dear Editor – For the past 36 years, Solomon Islands’ economic success has been built on its use of maritime transport to trade to our scattered islands with the rest of the world. Today, almost 99.5% of our external trade and more than 90 % of internal trade go by sea. Some 90% of the…