Pacific Games top officials here

Two of the top officials of the Pacific Games Council (PGC), President Vidhya Lakhan and Executive Director, Andrew Minoque have arrived in the country. The two were met by the Interim Organizing Committee and NOCSI Officials upon arrival yesterday. The purpose of their visit is for the PGC to make a more complete assessment of…

Western Cup set for May

The Western Province highest football tournament – the Western Cup is set to be staged in the province May this year. Reports reaching Star Sports from Gizo says Western Football Association President Robert Rigeo, revealed this in a brief statement early this week in Gizo. “Rigeo also told Gizo FM sports saying the long absent…

Police hail spectators’ behaviour

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has applauded the positive behaviours demonstrated by the mad football fans and supporters in Honiara during the semi-finals, losers final and the grand final of the 2015 Our Telekom S-League Championship. Police Commander for Honiara City, Vincent U’upwe told Star Sports that they are so impressed with the…

HFA congress set

The Honiara Football Association (HFA) has urged its affiliated Clubs & HFA Executive Committee to submit the Congress Delegate Registration Form given to them this week. HFA General Secretary Leonard Paia uttered this to Star Sports this week. “Please complete the Congress Delegate Registration Form attached to nominate the delegates that will represent your Club…

Body Building champ set

The Solomon Islands National Body Building Federation Championship 2016 is set to take place on April 10th at the Multipurpose Hall. This was confirmed by the SINBBF President, Pius Jezie Maemae.  SINBBF will use the championship to select a squad to represent Solomon Islands to the 2016 South Pacific Body Building Championship in Tahiti. A…

HFA pre-season fixtures released

The Honiara Football Association (HFA) has finalised the Pre-season fixtures for this year’s HFA league. Five football clubs have been confirmed to take part in this year’s Pre-season league. This was confirmed by the HFA General Secretary Leonard Paia this week. The five new Pre-season clubs are Breeze Land United FC, Balanga FC, Sa’a United,…

New executive for SIBF

The Solomon Islands Basketball federation (SIBF) has a new executive. The new executive was elected last Sunday during the SIBF’s annual general meeting (AGM) held at the office of the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI). Former SIBF president Brian Pongotapu was re-elected, the vice president is Delma Nori, Secretary Lysa Wini, Treasurer Debbie…

Statement from Opposition

Dear Editor – I must give credit to the Parliamentary Opposition Group for their statement on the current scholarship scheme as reported in your paper on 12 March 2016.  It was a rational statement on a difficult and sensitive subject which I thought they handled well. My understanding of their statement is that while the…

Survey by NPF, UNDP

Dear Editor – The SIBC news of 15/3/2016 on a joint survey by NPF & UNDP to include farmers, fishermen & agriculture laborers in the superannuation scheme (NPF) is a good idea for ordinary Solomon Islanders in rural areas. However, if the survey is positive I would like to suggest that the National Government to…