REAL Kakamora FC’s forward Jaygray Sipakana is confirmed to be the latest Telekom S-league (TSL) player to join the country’s men’a national training squad. The confirmation was made through a statement from the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) yesterday. “Sipakana has been called up by Coach Felipe Vega-Arango for the national team training squad.” The…
THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has officially appointed Batram Suri as a team coach for the Solomon Islands Women’s national team. Suri was known to have taken up past national coaching duty leading the National U-19 reaching the semi-finals in 2018 and finished second with the U23 at the OFC Olympic Qualifiers. SIFF revealed…
SOLOMON Islands Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI) is robustly joining the national government to fight against Covid-19’s entry to SI and promote vaccination coverage across the nation. SICCI Chairman Ricky Fuo’o assured Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his government during the SICCI Business Excellence Award (BEA) night at Coral Sea Resort & Casino on…
WOODFORD International School (WIS) on Thursday donated a cheque of $5,000 to Tenakoga Adventist School in North East Guadalcanal. The donation was raised by WIS students. It was donated purposely to support the rebuilding of the burnt two-storey building that occurred on early September this year. When receiving the donation, Tenakoga’s school representative, Ms. Chareen…
MANY local pregnant women tend to register for antenatal checkups at late stages during their pregnancy. This was revealed by the National Health Emergency Operation Center (NHEOC) Incident Controller Dr Nemia Bainivalu from the Ministry of Health during the Covid-19 talkback show over SIBC on Sunday. Dr Bainivalu said data have showed that a lot…
The Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s National Referral Hospital (NRH), Dr Leaanne Panisi strongly advises pregnant women to take Pfizer vaccine in protecting themselves and their unborn child from Covid-19 infection. The Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Dr Leaanne Panisi stated this during the Covid-19 talkback show on SIBC, Sunday. “I would strongly advise our…
Closing subs on Shortland murder case defers THE closing submissions on the case of a young man accused of the murder of a man at Shortland Islands, Western Province in 2015 has been deferred generally. Last week, it was adjourned to yesterday before Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer. However, that did not happen and the…
BAHA’IS of Solomon Islands will mark the 100th Anniversary of the Ascension of Abdul Baha this coming Saturday. The centenary celebration will be commemorated in each cluster of the province and sectors in communities across the province. During this event all the Baha’is around the world will observe the celebration on Saturday 27th November. Abdul…
CANBERRA, (ABC) –— The Australian government is reviewing a recent campaign aimed at stopping Pacific seasonal workers from absconding from their jobs. Around 12,000 seasonal workers have come into Australia over the past year from Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga and Solomon Islands but of those, more than 1000 have absconded. However, the government’s campaign, which featured…
The Mamara Tasivarongo, Mavo Development (MTMD)-interim secretariat, denies government is secretive in the dealing with the Mamara project nor with the developer Metropolis Pacific PTE limited or the contractor Metropolis Mamara Development Ltd. The Secretariat made the clarification in response to a public statement by the Leader of Opposition Matthew Wale who, amongst other things,…