Hosting a major sporting event puts a hefty financial burden on any host country and Solomon Islands hosting of the 2023 Pacific Games will cost the government $2.5 billion. The government initially bidded with a budget of $1.5 billion but after reviewing the cost estimates, it came up with a budget estimate of $2.5billion. This…
A Renbel football fanatic Jim Sevesi has questioned why the Sports Authority in Renbel Province could not shed something officially about Eugene Tekobi’s recent inclusion in the national football team. Mr Sevesi told Sunday Star Sports the achievement of Renbell____s very own Tekobi is a big thing in the province’s social sector, which sport is…
The organizers of the 3×3 Basketball Jam Series would like to let all players know that the first series scheduled for Sunday 30th July, 2017 has now been deferred to Sunday 6th August, 2017. The following reasons are noted for your information regarding this last and final deferral: 1. REGISTRATION – Only 3 teams (out…
Young Tennis athletes are urged to keep training and work hard to achieve more in the future. The call was made by the president of the Solomon Islands Tennis Federation, Samuel Ramoni. He said starting from an early is very good for the development of tennis in the country and for athletes. “You are very…
TEN Percent of South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) local communities in Solomon Islands have engaged in the Model Community Development (MCD) program. Of 527 local SSEC communities in Solomon Islands the model Community Development program covers only 51 communities since establishment of the program, in 2008. According to SSEC MCD data nine communities are in…
THE Government is spending $290 million on scholarships to ensure the country____s tertiary students get quality training at the Solomon Islands National University and other tertiary institutions abroad. This was revealed by Minister for the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), Dr John Moffat Fugui at the USP SI campus open day in…
The Managing Director of Tropical Glass and Aluminium (TGA). Justin Fuo____o has strongly urged the donor community to invest more in infrastructure and education instead of giving cash. “Please give my country Infrastructure and Education. “Stop giving us cash, we don’t need it. “It’s destroying us economically,” Mr Fuo____o said in his presentation at the…
The selection of Eugine Tepai Tekobi into the national soccer squad should make our Renbel province proud because he makes history for the twin islands who though the game was introduced to them sometimes after World War Two there has not been one selected to play at that highest level like Tekobi. Actually there were…
Dear Editor – Interesting to note this piece of information in such a time as this. The Western world led by the USA and her allies including Australia are under tremendous pressure at the moment from China and Russia and the Islamist world. China and Russia, because they are eventually closing the technology gap, whilst…
Dear Editor – What has become of the country’s finances? Much talk have been flooding the media on the state of government finances. Ironically, on the eve of RAMSI’s departure, financial discipline was well on its way to the doldrums. The question remains: where have all the capacity development RAMSI has poured its resources on? …