THE highest football league in the country – Telekom Super League (TSL) concluded on Sunday with the presentation of wards to the league winners and individual players. The awards presentation ceremony was held at the Solomon Islands Football (SIFF) Futsal Court in East Honiara. SIFF President Donald Marahare congratulated all the participating clubs, their sponsors…
THE Australian Government has gifted bibs, hockey sticks and balls for both turf and beach hockey to support the Solomon Islands Hockey Federation’s ‘Hookin4Health’ program. Second Secretary at the Australian High Commission, Samuel Cox handed over the sports equipment to the Hookin4Health Coordinator Joachim Rade in a ceremony at the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) on…
THE much-anticipated OFC Beach Soccer Nations’ Cup 2024 is set to kick off in Honiara this afternoon (Tuesday) at the SIFF Beach Court, East Honiara. OFC said the tournament is a week-long tournament that will conclude on Saturday 26October and it will see four nations – Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tahiti and Papua New Guinea –…
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Guadalcanal Province (GP) have progressed their discussion on the proposed sports facility earmarked for the province. On Friday 11 October, officials from the respective offices met to further the discussion about the proposed site and other initial but key project management stages for this proposed project. …
CONSTRUCTION work at three Isolation Units funded by the World Bank’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Project through the Project Management Unit (PMU) within the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is progressing well and is expected to be completed soon. The Isolation Units are part of the upgrading of isolation facilities in areas bordering Papua…
STAGE 2 of the Family Support Centre (FSC) Male Advocacy Program (MAP) Workshop on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality is currently underway at the Saint Barnabas Cathedral Hall. The five-day training commenced on Monday. MAP is aimed at preventing violence by addressing two key factors that contribute to Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and these…
Former Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) president, Georgina Kekea has been nominated as part of the Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) to observe the October 30 elections in the African nation of Botswana. Kekea, who was MASI president since 2019 until September this year, flew out of the country on Sunday to join the mission.…
The Development Services Exchange (DSE), as an umbrella body for NGOs, stands in solidarity with the Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) and the Honiara Council of Women in condemning the recent cases of attacks and attempted abductions targeting teenagers, young women and school children. These actions are criminal under the laws of the…
The Minister of National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC) has solidified Solomon Islands development cooperation with Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This followed a meeting by Minister Rexon Ramofafia with the visiting JICA Senior Vice President Hataeda Mikio. In a meeting on Monday 21st October, Minister Ramofafia expressed deep appreciation for JICA’s long…
The Leader of Opposition Matthew Wale has called on the RSIPF to urgently provide an update on the status of the criminal investigations into the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) report. Wale noted that since the release of the report, the public has been left in the dark regarding the progress of investigations, as the RSIPF…