Ministry to stage volleyball competition

THE Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey will host an inter-division volley ball competition for its workers. The competition will start Wednesday next week. Leading up to the competition on Friday, Goldsing Enterprise stepped in to support the “Orange Juice” with one set of uniform. The uniform was handed over to the team management at…

Women’s U-16 kicks off here

Players told to make their marks Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) kicked off the 2015 womens Under 16 Invitational championship yesterday at the SIFF Academy in East Honiara. The official opening program started with a colourful parade from the participating teams within Honiara and provinces. The championship was officially launched by the OFC Womens Football…

Women’s football boosted with gears

Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) last Saturday received a number of the football gears from OFC to boost women football development in the country. OFC Women’s Football and Grassroots Development Officer Nicolar Demaine delivered the gears to the SIFF Women Development officer Diane Justice at the launching of the 2015 women U16 Invitational Championship yesterday…

Bauxite in Nende

Dear Editor – The acclamation about the discovery of minerals at Nende, Santa Cruz, is a child play, cynical, holds no water and utterly rubbish. Minerals can be found anywhere in the world and for somebody to say to you mineral is in your land and you started towing and pounding here and there is…

PM saddened by unfinised tourism projects here

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says he was saddened to see a number of incomplete tourism establishments in Makira /Ulawa Province. Sogavare said this when he officially opened day two of the council of Tourism Ministers Meeting last Thursday in Honiara. Provincial tourism ministers, provincial Secretaries and provincial tourism officers attended the meeting. Minister of Culture…

Malaita to conduct mass land hearing

The Malaita Local Court will be conducting a land settlement sitting for land cases in Malaita in the Provincial capital Auki starting on Monday 10th August 2015. According to information received from the Malaita Local Court in Auki, land settlement for a total of 51 lands cases will be heard. The purpose for the sitting…

New report on child trafficking here

A new report that looks at child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in Solomon Islands will be launched in Honiara on Tuesday. “Dynamics of Child Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Solomon Islands” is a report produced by Save the Children Australia in partnership with the Ministry of Youths, Women, Children and Family Affairs last…

Move to empower traditional leaders

The Ministry of National Unity Reconciliation and Peace (MNURP) is working at empowering traditional leaders to disputes as one of its implementation strategy in its newly launched Peace Building Policy. The ministry’s awareness team is currently in Malaita after completing its awareness in Honiara and will be touring every province. Its director Reuben Lilo said…