The Honiara Football Association (HFA) League will resume this weekend after having its break during the recent Solomon Games. HFA confirmed this to Star Sports, Thursday. Fourteen matches are lined for premier division and divisions 1 and 2. Premier matches for this Saturday will see Koloale FC taking on Realas FC at 2pm to be…
RIO DE JANEIRO, (WORLD RUGBY) – With anticipation building as rugby prepares for its return to the Olympic Games for the first time in 92 years, the Deodoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro is finally ready for action. The grass has been laid, the pitch marked out, the seating and floodlights installed in the temporary…
BRISBANE, (INSIDE THE GAMES) – A potential Brisbane bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics moved a step closer today after a year-long study backed the idea. The Australian city has the “capability” to host the spectacle in 12 years time, according to a preliminary report which was commissioned. Brisbane could be the hub of a…
SUVA, (FIJI TV) -The General Secretary of the Oceanic Weightlifting Federation says the 15 competitors representing the region at next month’s Rio Olympics won’t be facing a level playing field. Paul Coffa said despite the natural talent of the Pacific lifters, they would will be up against some athletes who have been banned for drug…
AS a follow up of our article on the corrupt practices and conduct in logging industry, we here share some experiences of our clients. Our laws requires that any person/entity who wishes to carry on business in the country as a timber exporter or sawmiller in regards to customary land, such a person/entity must seek…
BY the time you are reading this commentary, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s delegation would have been on its way home. It had spent the last eight days in Taiwan meeting the key people in the island’s new administration. Prior to its departure, the people of Solomon Islands were told the purpose of the visit. Prime…
Dear Editor – Front page publications on Wednesday this week by two leading papers (Islands Sun Issue: 2351 and Star No: 6343) on above are interesting. Interesting? I have seen same type of bold but almost meaningless statement before for over a decade. Note Dr Transform Aqorau’s argument “Aqurau: ADB missed the point” in the…
THE Leader of Independent group in Parliament Hon. Dr. Derek Sikua has participated in a parliamentary workshop in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to discuss cybercrime and cybersecurity. The training start started on Wednesday 27th July to Friday 28th July 2016. The Asia-Pacific regional workshop was organized by the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in…
Dear Editor – Speaking at a meeting at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara on Tuesday this week, Dr. Paul Holden, a leading economist and the Team Leader of the Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI), said the Solomon Islands is one of the leading reformers in the Pacific, resulting in growth for a period…
HONIARA City Mayor Alfrence Fatai will be sentenced mid next month The magistrate’s court decided August 16 as the sentencing date after the completion of sentencing submissions and mitigation on Tuesday before Deputy Chief Magistrate Shepherd Lapo. The city mayor was charged with one count of attempted bribery in relation to an incident in May…