X-Beam wins

X-Beam yesterday outclassed Solomon Warriors with a 4- 3 win in the 2014 Under16 league at the King George Sixth SIFF Academy sports ground. Junior Hou of X-Beam registered the first goal, 4 minutes into the first half and followed by Benjamin Toata for the second goal in 14 minutes. Warriors regrouped to try and…

Bellona thrashes Eastern Islands

FOLLOWING the successful start of the inter-island rugby league on Saturday, two matches were played on Sunday. The match saw Bellona thrashing Eastern islands, 56- 5 at the Panatina rugby oval field. The match saw the dominance of the Bellona team, which blocked the Eastern side from entering their territory to make tries. Bellona was…

Exco visits Ngahue site

OFC: The OFC Executive Committee made a whistle stop visit to Oceania’s future home of football on Saturday morning in Ngahue, New Zealand. Led by OFC President David Chung, executive committee members were given a tour of the work site where the two artificial football pitches that form the centre piece of the Home of…

Giant African snail

Dear Editor – Thank you for allowing me space in your editorial page to make some public awareness on the seriousness of the introduction of the pest Giant African snail in to our country. This snail is the worst pest that has ever been introduced in Solomon Islands especially in Honiara but it is already…

Police preparedness

Dear Editor – I refer to a recent SIBC news bulletin and an article published in your newspaper in connection with police preparedness for the upcoming general election in November and former and currently serving police officers, presumably ex-members of the National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force (NRSF), who have waited for 16 years for their…

A Good Outcome

Dear Editor – On Saturday afternoon, as I was driving along the main road in front of Westpac a bus needed to pull over to the side of the road and I slowed down for this to happen. When suddenly—-thud!  From behind I could feel a bump on against my back tire.  Yes, I was…

Rodgers’ pledge

Dear Editor – Jimmy Rodgers’ signing of the pledge form against corruption is like putting a cart before the horse. He has yet to test his moral values against the challenges of being in parliament. Former member of parliament for Aoke Langalanga, Matthew Wale also signed a similar document and yet he is not immune…