The proposed youth coaching course planned for this end month has been postponed to June. A statement from the SIFF office said the reason for this is due to the current situation affecting the country following the flash flood. “Please be informed that due to the current crisis situation in Honiara City – the FIFA…
TOWER Insurance Ltd had donated a 4,300 litre tank to King George VI high school in Honiara last week. The presentation of the tank was made to the principal of the school, Mr Samuel Fangata. The school is currently home to the displaced flood victims who have taken refuge at the school in this tragic…
MEMBERS of the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce (SICCI) have joined force to deliver clean filtered water to affected communities and evacuation centres in Honiara. Solomon Breweries Limited (Solbrew) General Manager Andy Hewson confirmed that a group of SICCI’s members have been assisting to deliver water. “Solbrew, Tongs, Solomon Tobacco and Silent World have conmmitted…
LAWYERS representing the man who hurled an ignited dynamite explosive at another man at Fox Wood, East Guadalcanal mitigated for him on Thursday. This was after Mariano Besa entered his guilty plea to the charge of unlawful wounding before Justice Francis Mwanesalua. He was initially charged with attempted murder but that has been reduced. This…
LANDOWERS will receive increase royalty from mining companies operating on their land under amendments being made to the Mines and Minerals Act. The Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Bill 2014 is now before parliament. Minister for Mines and Minerals, Moses Garu, said the mining industry is an important integral part of development for inclusive economic growth…
FISH are changing, they are losing their survival instinct and even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators, as the world’s oceans become more acidic because of climate change, new research said on Monday. The study of fish in coral reefs off the coast of Papua New Guinea, where the waters are naturally acidic…
TOWER Insurance following its first water tank donation to King George School recently had donated another water tank donation to Koloale community school in Honiara. The tank donation was to also assist the school cater to the clean water needs of the displaced flood victims being cared for at the school. The donation was timely…