FORMER Honiara City Ward Councillor and former Deputy Mayor Jim Sevesi says the local government system in the country including the provinces is not workable at this stage and the system as experienced has outlived its application in the rural setting. He uttered this during an interview with the Solomon Star, Tuesday. Mr Sevesi brought…
Teams from around Guadalcanal intending to take part in the upcoming Guadalcanal Cup have been urged to pay up their registration quickly before the deadline. Francis Loxie of the Guadalcanal Football Association (GFA) told Star Sports only two teams have paid for their registrations while most are yet to do so. The…
The Solomon Islands national U20 men’s football team has secured their first three points of the OFC U20 championship in Vanuatu. This followed their 3-0 victory over Cook Islands at the Lunganville Soccer City Stadium yesterday. The win gave them four points as they remain on second spot behind favourites, New Zealand with six points…
Mad Kurukuru’s fans and supporters in the country and abroad has commended our local players for standing tall against Futsal World Champions Brazil despite they lost their friendly match 18-0 on Tuesday. “Congratulations Kurukuru players and your coaching staff for the great friendly. “It was unfortunate that you could not contain mighty Brazil in that…
SolRice Company Ltd has stepped in to provide assistance towards the Small Malaita Mini Games to be held in Walande Village from 19 – 23 December 2016. Through this assistance, SolRice Company Ltd is making a large donation of the new product Solgood Long grain rice. The SolRice Company Ltd in a statement to the…
Brazil defeats Kurukuru in friendly THE country’s national futsal team, Kurukuru on Tuesday tested their strength in a hard battle when they took on the world’s number one side Brazil in their final friendly match. The match ended with a final score 18-0 in favour of the world champions. The victory proves Brazil dominance in…
Two family members of the new Archbishop elect, Bishop Christopher Cardone, OP arrived in the country on Monday ahead for bishop’s installation program. Some of the guests who arrived were the special guest for the installation, who was the retired archbishop of Gizo Western province, Bishop Bernard O’p Granty from Australia who spent almost 30…
The Australian High Commission will today host students from four Honiara high schools in the annual G’Day Solomon Islands Great Debate. Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne said he was excited to hear young people’s perspectives on this year’s debate theme, climate change. “Climate change is a complex issue facing every country and requires a strategic,…
SOLOMON Islands dance representatives for the World Supremacy Battleground (WSB) in Sydney, Australia left on Tuesday ahead of the competition which is set to happen, this weekend. The two winning dance crews were being farewelled at the Henderson airport by family members, friends, and a handful of fans. KUZZENZ and MILK SHAKE were our only…
A Motion of no confidence to oust Premier Peter Chanel Ramoihia as the leader of Malaita provincial government is looming ahead of the full assembly meeting set for this month. The Malaita provincial ruling government is expected to face the motion of no confidence this month when the full assembly meets on the 16th, 17th…