THE ORAL pre-trial conference on the case of the senior government officer accused of fraudulently obtaining more than $800,000 of public funds through dishonest tender processes will be made in court on August 16. This followed the filing of the pre-trial documents on the case of Stephen Jude Oto yesterday at the Honiara Magistrates’ Court.…
RSIPF officers in the Central Islands Province provincial capital Tulagi are investigating the sinking of a tug boat near Buguna Island about 6.30pm on Thursday 27 July and one missing crew member. There were seven crew on board the tug boat when it sank. The tug boat was pulling a barge when the incident happened.…
Inspiration captain calls on SIFF to contact Brazilian club for his release BRAZIL-based Elliot Ragomo told Sunday Star Sports he is keen to team up with the national futsal team for the 5th Asian Indoor Games in Turkmenistan. The Kurukuru inspirational captain who is currently on a six months trail with a professional club in…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) revealed that the government has secured US$15.4 million from the Asian Development Bank for the development of the USP fourth campus project in the country. The prolonged development of the project has received an encouraging progress and its ground breaking ceremony is scheduled for next month.…
The Transparency Solomon Islands and UNDP sponsored Constituency Development Fund(CDF) Community Audit has raised some serious questions about the way the fund has been administered and managed by the national politicians and the ruling administration. A community audit carried out recently in 39 constituencies shows many people are in the dark not just about the…
Hosting a major sporting event puts a hefty financial burden on any host country and Solomon Islands hosting of the 2023 Pacific Games will cost the government $2.5 billion. The government initially bidded with a budget of $1.5 billion but after reviewing the cost estimates, it came up with a budget estimate of $2.5billion. This…
A Renbel football fanatic Jim Sevesi has questioned why the Sports Authority in Renbel Province could not shed something officially about Eugene Tekobi’s recent inclusion in the national football team. Mr Sevesi told Sunday Star Sports the achievement of Renbell____s very own Tekobi is a big thing in the province’s social sector, which sport is…
The organizers of the 3×3 Basketball Jam Series would like to let all players know that the first series scheduled for Sunday 30th July, 2017 has now been deferred to Sunday 6th August, 2017. The following reasons are noted for your information regarding this last and final deferral: 1. REGISTRATION – Only 3 teams (out…
Young Tennis athletes are urged to keep training and work hard to achieve more in the future. The call was made by the president of the Solomon Islands Tennis Federation, Samuel Ramoni. He said starting from an early is very good for the development of tennis in the country and for athletes. “You are very…
TEN Percent of South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) local communities in Solomon Islands have engaged in the Model Community Development (MCD) program. Of 527 local SSEC communities in Solomon Islands the model Community Development program covers only 51 communities since establishment of the program, in 2008. According to SSEC MCD data nine communities are in…