Christian Care Centre wins Australian High Commissioner’s Women’s Day Award

The Australian High Commissioner’s International Women’s Day award was presented to the Christian Care Centre yesterday for their work in helping women and children affected by gender based violence in Solomon Islands. The annual Australian High Commissioner’s International Women’s Day Award recognises inspirational and pioneering Solomon Islands groups and individuals who show leadership, innovation and…

Opposition calls on MDPAC

THE Parliamentary Opposition Group is calling on the Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination (MDPAC) to inform the public which ministries had already submitted their 2016 development budget work plans. To add on, MDPAC must also inform the people accordingly as to which ministries had had their submissions approved. The Opposition made this call…

Aipia wants discovered minerals back

A MEDICAL doctor who led a team to salvage suspected “gold bars” from a sunken ship in the Malaita Outer Islands wanted those wrecks back. Dr Reginald Aipia broke his silence on Wednesday after experts from the Ministry of Mines and Energy revealed the suspected treasure were not gold as earlier speculated. “I have my…

Schools gear up for School carnival

Four secondary schools selected to take part in the 2016 schools sports carnival are gearing preparations for the sports event scheduled for May 20. They are King George Sixth, St Josephs Tenaru, Betikama and Selwyn College. Host, King George Sixth School has been training with the help of the Athletics Solomon, an advantage for them…

Second championship semi today

The Telekom S-league Championship semi final match between Western United and KOSSA FC will kick off today. This was confirmed by the Solomon Islands Football federation (SIFF) on Wednesday. The match will kick off at 3pm at the Lawson Tama Stadium. The first semi final match between Solomon Warriors and Koloale FC which have taken…

Technical meeting for boxing

The President of the Honiara Amateur Boxing Association (HABA) John Firifote is calling on all technical officials who usually officiated in their fortnightly bouts to attend a meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs during lunch hour today. Firifote urged the technical officials to be at the Ministry of Home Affairs Conference Room by 11:30…

MFA stages congress

THE Malaita Football Association (MFA) annual congress has ended in Auki last Friday at the Mala motel conference room, Malaita province. Speaking during the closing of the congress MFA president Eddie Omokirio thanked all the participants for their time and effort during the past two days. He said, all the member associations have presented positive…

Triathletes to get top training

Four of Solomons Islands best triathletes have traveled to Australia to compete and train with the region’s best. Boris Teddy, JadNalo, Rocky Donald and AndrianaTukuvia were selected from athletes across the region to participate in a 12 month program as members of the Oceania Triathlon Union “Team OTU”, involving support for training and competition for…