SO the World Bank has approved an additional US$1.5 million (SBD$11.9 million) to extend the Rapid Employment Project (REP) until December 2016. The bank announced this great news on Tuesday. It’s great news because REP is a project that has made significant difference to lives of many ordinary Solomon Islanders on the outskirts of Honiara.…
OFC: Oceania’s first steps towards the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ will be made on 31 August when the Stage 1 of the OFC Qualifiers gets underway at Loto-Tonga Soka Centre in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. The official draw for the event was conducted at the OFC Headquarters in Penrose, Auckland revealing the path the four sides,…
THE young coach and former national soccer player Joel Puia Konofilia says Solomon Islands has missed its original way of soccer nowadays. Konofilia was the coach for FC west Honiara which will be competing in the upcoming NSL. Speaking to this paper, he said that Solomon Islands had missed its original way of doing good…
Chef De Mission for Team Solomon to the recent Pacific Games, Ronald Bei Talasasa has called on all critics to join forces with the National Olympics Committee of the Solomon Islands (NOCSI), sports athletes and the Government of Solomon Islands to rebuild the image of sports in the country. Talasasa made the call following many…
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TWO fishermen from Patu village in Central Rannogah, Western Province who went missing last week have been reportedly found alive after being rescued near Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (PNG) over the weekend. The two men were on a fishing trip to prepare for a wedding on Wednesday. They were said to have travelled on a…
A PROVINCIAL Minister and a backbencher within the Central Provincial Government have been terminated from office for personal interest against the government of the day. Honourable James Galini who was the Minister for Works, Transport and Local Council including Richard Vulo, chairman provincial public accounts committee and board to Siota secondary school. Their dismissal from…
THE PARTICIPANTS of a vocal training which was facilitated by the touring artist Elly Oh has commended the training saying that it was an eye opener and a mind changer. Speaking to this paper in an interview during the training on Friday, they said that what they have learnt from the workshop will help them…
MORE than 30 local female and male songsters have graduated with certificates after they successfully completed a vocal training at Honiara hotels Club Le Flamingo, last Friday. Dubbed as ‘Singing like a star’, the workshop was being conducted by Elly Oh – a touring star participant of ‘The Voice Australia 2014’, and one of the…
TOURING ‘The Voice Australia 2014’ star, Elly Oh has successfully staged two weekend shows and a vocal workshop at the Honiara hotel last week. Her tour here was part of Crown Sound Entertainment and Honiara hotel management’s initiative in bringing in international artists to perform in the country as well as facilitating small workshops to…