Fifty two participants including 10 Digicel Cup referees, six ENBRL referees, 10 Digicel Cup coaches and trainers and 16 national development officers will undergo a two day accreditation course in rugby league in Kokopo on Saturday. The course run under the Team Kumul program will be conducted by three Australian accredited trainers with assistance from…
Samoan and New Zealand based rugby player, Kelly Meafua has been called to join the Samoa Sevens team to the IRB World Sevens Series Round 6 and 7 in Japan and Hong Kong. The last minute change is to replace Captain Reupena Levasa who is suspected of illness. “At this stage we are awaiting Levasa’s…
The 2014 OFC Women’s Championship saw the wide open margins by which New Zealand has long dominated their Pacific counterparts narrowed. The gap still exists, but with the work being put into the women’s game from Member Association’s like Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu this tournament was evidence that the hard work is starting…
Twenty people have expressed their interest for Fiji’s Rugby 15s coaching job. This was confirmed to Fijivillage by Fiji Rugby Union Chairman Filimoni Waqabaca. Waqabaca said the 17 applications are from New Zealand, Australia and Argentina while three are locals. Waqabaca said FRU will make sure that careful consideration will be done to…
He scored his first A-League goal at the weekend against Melbourne Heart and now Fiji striker Roy Krishna has extended his stay with the Wellington Phoenix two more years leaving him one very happy young chap. The 26-year-old has been with the club since January as injury replacement for Paul Ifill, joining from ASB Premiership…
NATIONAL volleyball champion Western province is all set to participate in next month’s national champion in Honiara. Solomon Islands volleyball federation (SIVF) in a statement on Wednesday said Western province has confirmed its participation this year. “The two times champion of the national volleyball championship Western province has confirmed to the SIVF organizing committee that…
The ministry of commerce, industry labour & immigration through the consumer affairs and price control unit has approved a new standard price list of some imported goods sold in shops around the country. Last year the unit submitted a report about the increasing number of imported goods sold in our shops at higher prices which…
Staff at the consumer affairs and price control unit will engage in a nationwide awareness next week. The awareness will focus on price of goods, expired goods and the rights as consumer This came after a budget has been approved for the outreach program. Director of the unit Timothy Watekary Maehioro on Wednesday said as…
Pan Oceanic Bank (POB) has described claims by former politician Alfred Sasako in a report yesterday as misleading and false. In an article published in this paper on Wednesday Mr Sasako claimed that POB is running into some difficulties setting up its office here and is trying to establishing a correspondence bank overseas. But the…
The newly registered commercial bank Pan Oceanic Bank (POB) will officially unveil its doors in the country mid-May this year. That was the assurance by Nihal Kekulawala POB’s chief executive officer (CEO) during an interview with the local media at Heritage Park Hotel yesterday. Mr Kekulawala who is currently in the country said the bank…