The Central Islands province (CIP) 2014 futsal competition now enters its second round of matches. The competition which kicked off last week. Despite the bad weather experience last week matches continued. Reports said that games now in its second stage and the competition is going on well. “The weather here has improved and we are…
DEAR EDITOR – I join the nation in passing our Province and people’s deep condolences to the families and relatives of those who have tragically lost their lives in the recent Honiara flooding. It is heartbreaking learning of families losing a number of their loved ones. Losing one member of a family to disaster is…
NATIONAL soccer striker, Benjamin Totori has once again proved his class internationally by scoring and helping his club Waitakere United seal a 2-0 win over O-League newcomers, Kiwi FC of Samoa on Wednesday. The electrifying pace setter in Totori made his presence felt within the opposing team instantly dribbling his way into the Kiwi FC…
SOLOMON Islands Club Champions and O-league reps, Solomon Warriors were on Wednesday edged 1: 2 by Tahitian Club Champions AS Pirae in their nail biting encounter. Two goals inside 12 minutes in the first stanza were enough to seal all three points for the Tahitians over their Solomon Islands opponents who had fought back strongly…
BRISBANE based PNG singer/song writer, Jagarizzar has over the weekend teamed up with Solomon Islands reggae sensations DMP in organising a concert for flood victims of the Honiara flash floods. Not only that but the musicians have took time out to approach other Pacific Islanders in Brisbane to help out the thousands now homeless in…
POPULAR local boyband DMP will this weekend hold a concert for victims of last week’s tragic flash flooding, in Sydney, Australia. The band is expected to travel to Sydney on Friday where they will put on an additional show purposely for victims of Honiara’s devastating flash floods which have already claimed 23 lives and left…
ANZ has announced that it would donate SBD$200, 000 (approximately AUD$30,000) relief effort in the country. The donation will be channelled through World Vision to support disaster relief work following last week’s devastating floods. A statement from the bank said ANZ’s donation to World Vision International in the Solomon Islands will be used to support…
DAMAGES done to infrastructures in North West Guadalcanal has impacted on local farmers in the area. Since last Thursday’s flooding, most of the bridges in that area have been ripped off making it extremely difficult for farmers to bring their produce to Honiara. A North West Guadalcanal farmer John Maeli who owns a farm at…
LAST week’s devastating flood had negatively impacted on many farmers in Honiara and parts of Guadalcanal. One of the farmers based in White River, West Honiara is Elizabeth Suimae whose melon plot was affected by the flood. Speaking to the Solomon Star early this week at the central market Ms Suimae said that flood last…
Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) CEO, Josefa ‘Jo’ Tuamoto has ensured the watching world is being kept fully up to date with all developments taking place in the Solomon Islands as the nation begins the arduous task of cleaning up after last week’s tumultuous events. In a secondary statement issued on Wednesday, Mr Tuamoto has…