Party says Rini’s move not negotiable Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s proposal to reshuffle the Minister of Finance and Treasury Snyder Rini and the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources John Maneniaru has hit a snag, government sources reveal. The United Democratic Party (UDP) which both Prime Minister Sogavare and Minister Rini are members of is…
RSIPF with the assistance from local diving company, Tulagi Dives today located and recovered the body of the missing Asian crew from a tug boat that sunk off Bungana Island in the Central Islands Province in the early evening of Thursday 27 July 2017. There were seven crew members on board the tug boat when…
The new TSL season is looking to kick off with some of the Oceania’s top footballers involved in it. The likes of Tommy Semmy for Malaita Kingz, Kensi Tangis for Solomon Warriors and now the arrival of Papua New Guinea’s leading midfielder, David Muta. David Muta who is not a new face to Solomon Islands…
APIA, (RNZI) – Samoa’s U19 cricket team claimed their first international win at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Apia. A gutsy all-round performance from the team, led by captain and player of the match Solofuti Falo, saw Samoa claim their first win by 30 runs over Fiji. Fiji sent Samoa in to…
The Solomon Islands Volleyball Federation (SIVF) high school league will kick off tomorrow 16th August 2017. SIVF technical director Ricky Boso confirmed this to Star Sports on Monday. “The high school volley ball league is now ready to kick off this Wednesday 16th August 2017,” Boso said, “There are five (5) schools confirm to participate…
The High School Hockey league semi finals will kick off today at the King George Sixth Hockey pitch. First up will feature the women’s first semi finals between King George Sixth girls and Koloale girls. The match will kick off at 3pm followed by King George boys and Don Bosco boys at 3:30 pm for…
OFC: The OFC U-16 Women’s Championship final is only one win away for four teams but New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia are all preparing for tough encounters when they meet in today’s semi-finals in Apia, Samoa. The defending champions will be up first, taking on Cook Islands – who will be making…
OVER the weekend some narrow-minded people decided to remove the engraved plaque to honour our locals who have played a part in the second world war Guadalcanal campaign. Its an act of betrayal by some people believed to be locals who may have been part of the event or may have visited the monument last…
I have read the articles by George Satu (“Satu”) published in the Solomon Star on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th August 2017 in which he has made certain allegations against the PS and the Minister for Communication & Aviation (“MCA”) as well as myself and my wife and son. Those articles have prompted a lot…
Dear Editor – After more than 20 years under the program with nothing but pride, high expectations and hanging on to it for dear life, weird questions and doubts are emerging from all corners by those who just can’t take it anymore. What exactly is this program to us? The answer will depend very much…