Newly appointed Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Rennell and Bellona Province Peter Sitai wants the traffic laws to be enforced in the two southern most Islands of the country. He revealed this to the Solomon Star during a short visit to Rennell recently. The PPC said vehicle accidents and unlicensed drivers is one of the…
BUS operators providing public service transport between Northwest Guadalcanal and Honiara are being urged to keep their buses clean and tidy at all times. Not only that but bus conductors must also neat and tidy. This follows complaints and concerns raised by commuters traveling in mini-vans that are providing transport daily between the two areas.…
GOLD Ridge Mining Ltd(GRML) has completed repairing the Turarana feeder road in central Guadalcanal last week. Turarana is a large inland community outside the Gold Ridge mining lease area but the road to the community is within the lease area. Chairman of the Goldridge Community Investment Limited, co-owners of the Gold Ridge Mining Ltd, Walton…
The Kurukuru’s skipper Elliot Ragomo and the golden boot winner of the recent OFC futsal championship in Fiji, George Stevenson left the country on Thursday for Australia. Ragomo and Stevenson will spend four days in Australia and will fly to Brazil on the 5th of July to train with Minas Futsal Club. Ragomo told Star…
The 4th Tu Ata games set to kick off this weekend has been delayed for about a week. Major Sponsor of the competition Robert Sisilo confirmed this to Star Sports on Thursday. “Please be informed that the 4th Tu Ata Games will kick off next week on Thursday 7th of July 2016,’’ Sisilo said. “I…
The 2016 Solomon Games will kick off its first sport competition this afternoon ahead of their official opening ceremony on Sunday. Two football matches are set to kick off the most prestigious event for this year at the Lawson Tama Stadium. Host City, Honiara will take on Isabel Frigate in the opening match at 2pm…
THE Solomon Islands Students Association (SISA) in Fiji Independence Day games will start today. This is part of the SISA’s objectives to engage Solomon Islands students studying in Fiji universities to take part in sporting activities organised to mark the country’s 38th independence anniversary. Games organised by the student body will start today, according to…
NINE rugby teams have now been confirmed to participate in the upcoming Solomon Games. This came after some times of organizing and waiting by Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) and the Solomon Games organizing committee. A statement from SIRUF yesterday said, eight provinces and Honiara are in for this year’s Solomon Games Rugby 7s…
Solomon Islands Netball Federation (SINFED) has announced that all provinces are being represented at the Netball Tournament except for Central and Makira who were not able to send a team due to costs of participation. SINFED was assured by Makira that they will send a team to the Our Telekom National Netball Under 20 tournament…
The much anticipated women’s league has been confirmed to kick off shortly after Solomon Games. Thanks to Solomon Rice Company Ltd for stepping in as major sponsor of the 2016 women’s league. Their total sponsorship will be around $70,000 for both U16 League and senior women’s league. SOLRICE General Manager Nick Ellis told local media…