A new soccer academy is about to start. Called Pacific Football Academy it will be based in Honiara and privately funded. It will be open to interested players from all over the country. Headed by a well-known former Solomon Islands international the aim is to develop players both mentally and physically to the stage where…
Last week a milestone event was sealed with the signing of a deal to improve Honiara International sea-port. Its one of the long outstanding projects which the country had long been waiting for. Late last year the project was close to being called off following internal issues between the minister of infrastructure development Seth Gukuna…
Last week a milestone event was sealed with the signing of a deal to improve Honiara International sea-port. Its one of the long outstanding projects which the country had long been waiting for. Late last year the project was close to being called off following internal issues between the minister of infrastructure development Seth Gukuna…
IMAGINE an invitation being extended to you to travel and spend your Christmas and New Year period out in the provinces with all traveling costs being paid for. That’s an opportunity one could not resist because it offers you a wonderful chance to see somewhere different from your usual place of stay. That’s exactly what…
WHEN Alexis Fretz was 30 years old and 19 weeks pregnant, she began to bleed. Concerned but not alarmed, she called her midwife, who advised her to go to the emergency room, just to make sure everything was OK. She was in the waiting room with husband Joshua in a hospital in Kokomo, Indiana, when…
FIFA development officer Glenn Turner believes Fijians are superb athletes who can be nurtured and developed at an early age to become world stars. Turner was facilitating a three-year development plan workshop for Fiji FA and district officials in Nadi Saturday. He said there needed to be a structure in place to monitor the development…
The Solomon Islands Futsal trio, who teamed up with the Victorian Futsal team, has led Bayside Victoria into the U19 finals grand finals of the Craig Foster Futsal Challenge yesterday. Unfortunately they were held to a 10-9 defeat to Sunshine Coast. The three were reportedly late for their opening game which Victoria lost 3-2 to…
The Honiara Football Federation (HFA) has called on the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) that it is a must to send an U20 team for this year’s U20 World Cup qualifiers. The HFA president William Lai yesterday made the call through the Solomon Islands Soccer page on Facebook which attracted a lot of support. Lai…
WE thank our readers and the Honiara public for your patience yesterday. We know you all have been waiting anxiously for the school results of our children, the first of which was published yesterday. We’ve put everything in place ahead of yesterday’s print to ensure the paper gets out as early as possible for the…
Hopefully, part of your agreement with life involves improving parts of your community that need help. One of the best ways to positively impact your community is by showing people (of all ages) how to get involved in it. By helping them understand how a particular community works, who the key players are, and what…