THE continuation of the trial on the case of two men accused of the murder of a man in Malaita in 2015 will be next month. This is for the defence case. The dates confirmed yesterday are for 13 and 14 December. The defence were not able to call their witnesses this week because their…
CENTRAL Roviana team is unlikely to participate in the upcoming Western Cup (WC) in Gizo, Western Province on 8TH December next week. This is due to the disrupted New Georgia and Vonavona Cup that was held in September this year. According the Chairman for the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) under Western Football Association (WFA), Frank…
THE Malaita Football Association (MFA) will hold an extraordinary meeting on December 10th at Auki. The MFA confirmed in a statement yesterday that the three main agenda are to present the Annual Activity Report, Financial Report and other relevant documents. “The MFA has organized an extraordinary congress meeting for all its Constituency Football Associations around…
MARTIAL Art students of M.P Quan Wing Chun School Solomon Island in Honiara are yet to resume training after part of the Honiara High School was burnt down last week. The students usually conduct their evening classes and training session at Honiara School’s Hall. Part of the school was destroyed by criminals and hooligans on…
The Umi Cup semi finals which was scheduled for last week has been postponed until further notice. That’s according to the Umi Cup management. A statement reaching Star Sports said that the Umi Cup management committee will have a meeting this afternoon to discuss the date for the rescheduled semi-final matches. After the brief meeting…
Malaita Women leaders and mothers in Auki, Malaita Province have expressed their sincere heartfelt sympathies and condolences to those who have lost their loved ones and the destruction of their properties during the past three to four days of the social unrest in Honiara. As such in a statement they called on all Malaita leaders…
The Solomon Islands National University and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 12 November 2021 that will see the SINU School of Tourism and Hospitality as the major beneficiary. A statement issued by SINU said the MOU will strengthen and enhance cooperation between SINU and MCT in…
The words of wisdom from the drafter of the Independence Order 1978, which turned this nation into a unified Solomon Islands with decentralized provincial governance powers in a master-servant relationship of shared rule, still linger in my ears to this day. The learned professor from Kenya who was also instrumental in brokering the independence package…
Dear Editor – Over the past many days Honiara has witnessed a mob burning buildings with youth stealing cargoes from them before they were devoured in flames. This destruction of businesses, some owned by Solomon Islanders and most employing Solomon Islanders, has shown what unskilled, uneducated and unemployed youth are capable of doing under the…
Thank you again for your response for assistance for the sake of peace and normalcy in Solomon Islands. After two days and two nights of destruction and looting of offices and Asian business men by disgruntled demonstrators and criminal elements still in Honiara who have been living in a poverty ridden society since year 2000.…