FBC SPORTS —The 2002 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Nacanieli Takayawa says Team Fiji should not lose sight of their goals when competing in their various events. Takayawa departed with the first batch of athletes for the games in Glasgow, Scotland on Tuesday and will serve as an official for Fiji’s lone judoka, Josateki Naulu. Takayawa…
State owned school hit again with water and power cut State owned King George Sixth (KGVI) school has been punished for its hefty unpaid with the disconnection of water and electricity to the school in the past days. And this is likely to result in the slow start of its second semester classes. Solomon Water…
The much awaited Aquila Talasasa festival will is set to be staged this week. However it would be staged on a low scale due to lack of funds. This was revealed by the Western provincial tourism minister Chris Mesepitu. “The festival will be organised on a small scale since the organising committee is facing financial…
ALL international flights between Nadi, Fiji and Honiara operated by Fiji Airways and Solomon Airlines have been suspended indefinitely. This follows a stand-off between the civil aviation authorities of the two Melanesian countries which has been going since early this month without any solution. As a result Fijian authorities have denied Solomon Airlines from landing…
Government-funded Solomon Islands students, studying at the Divine Word University (DWU) in Madang, Papua New Guinea have issued a seven days ultimatum to their sponsor as a result of non-payment of allowances. A statement from the DWU Solomon Islands students association (SISA) yesterday said failure by the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) will result in the…
Sacked Auditor General (AG) Edward Ronia is challenging his termination from the office by filing a case in the High Court. The case is to challenge his removal from office last year by the public service commission (PSC). Michael Pitakaka Law Chamber filed the case on behalf of Mr. Ronia. Mr. Ronia has decided to…
Crew will also take on the best Solomon Islands football players! Australian navy ship HMAS Parramatta will be visiting Honiara until today. This is part of a three weeks goodwill deployment to the South Pacific. “We are very pleased to welcome HMAS Parramatta to Solomon Islands,” said Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne. “The crew will…
The continuous ill-disciplined actions of several police officers continue to come under the spotlight from the public which has raised serious questions about discipline within the force and its integrity. This came following reports claiming several police officers are consuming alcohol in their bus while travelling back into town from Mamara over the weekend. The…
A GROUP of Central Kwara’ae chiefs have called on former police chief, Frank Short to stop interfering with the local justice system of the country and also to stop his calls for fugitive Edmond Sae to surrender to police. Mr Sae is wanted for the murder of then Police Commissioner Sir Fred Soaki. In an…
The ministry of health and medical services (MHMS) national Surveillance Unit and the World Health Organization (WHO) have received reports of 4 deaths in children under 12 years old in Makira Province. While it is not yet confirmed, there is a possibility that the outbreak is caused by Meningococcal bacteria. “Although Meningococcal disease is potentially…