Police chief clarifies doubts over anti-corruption team By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN MEMBERS of the anti-corruption taskforce JANUS have gone through trainings in anti-corruption investigations before the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) left. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley revealed this when reporters asked him yesterday about rumours that members of the taskforce lacked trainings on certain…
PACNEWS: WEST Papuan independence campaigners are set to petition the United Nations, with signatures of people inside the Indonesian province, when the General Assembly sits later this month. They’ve said obtaining the endorsements came at great risk to all involved. The journey to New York went via Geneva in late August when a British team…
OFC: Sitting on 24 points, Argentina remain in fifth position and lined up to face New Zealand in the Intercontinental Play-off after two neck-and-neck clashes in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ South America qualifiers. A win against Uruguay last week could have been Argentina’s break into the top four but the high-rivalry clash ended…
Basketball fans and supporters are in for some tough basketball action with two strong friendly matches line up for this weekend. The Solomon Islands Basketball Federation (SIBF) has confirmed these two matches to be played after the high school basketball league match. The national women’s basketball team will take on a mixed High School select…
Port Moresby (The National) – CHAMPION club Lae City Dwellers will make their return to the OFC Champions League in 2018 after they took out the 2017 National Soccer League minor premiership title. Madang FC, who finished second, will join the Dwellers. The Morobeans will make this their third appearance in the region’s premier international…
FIVE great matches are set for down for this weekend’s Honiara Inter-company league. Competition organizer George Capps confirmed this to Star Sports on Wednesday. He said this weekend’s matches will be mostly between teams that have played only three matches since the league kicked off last month. First up at 10am HCC Iron will take…
The national netball team will play a friendly against Honiara netball side, Isa Purple this afternoon at Lawson Tama Netball Court. Isa Purple is a team competing in the Honiara Netball Association (HNA) league’s Super Division. The match is scheduled to kick off at 5pm kick off and it serves as a trial for the…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has highly commended members of the public, the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF), the sponsors and all stakeholders for a successful and incident-free FIFA world cup qualifying match between Solomon Islands and New Zealand on Tuesday. “RSIPF is very pleased with the behaviour of the large crowds that…
MORE exciting action packed football action is set down for this weekend. The Telekom S-League (TSL) will resume its entertaining clashes this weekend. Four matches are expected this weekend after a short recess. According to the scheduled fixtures for this weekend Western United will take on Solomon Warriors at 2pm Saturday to be followed by…
ALLOW me to express views in relation to the above topic published in Island Sun issue no: 2689 which the author also refers to earlier publications in this paper (no: 2671) and Solomon star issue no: 6668 respectively. On the outset, I think promotion in the RSIPF as in any organisation is done on the…