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? …
RSIPF officers in the Central Islands Province provincial capital Tulagi are investigating the sinking of a tug boat near Buguna Island about 6.30pm last night Thursday 27 July and one missing crew member. There were seven crew on board the tug boat when it sank. The tug boat was pulling a barge when the incident…
AN Open Shot Put Challenge is set for this Saturday at the Multipurpose Hall. Junior Anisi from Athletics Solomon said the competition is part of the athletics preparation for Mini Games in Vanuatu, December 2017. “We will be selecting best players from this competition to join our training squad in preparation for the Vanuatu Mini…
Member of Parliament (MP) for East Honiara Douglas Ete urged parliament that the former MP for West Honiara Yukio Sato must be commended for his tireless efforts that led to restoration of peace, Law and Order in this country. Speaking on Thursday at the committee of the whole house in parliament to deliberate on the…
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The Makira Ulawa Provincial Executive has demanded a logging company operating in that province to pay up its license fees by today. The Poly Logging company owes the province SBD350,000.00 for this and last financial year, according to a statement from the provincial executive. The statement said the company’s new general manager early this week…
The Solomon Islands Ambassador to the United States of America His Excellency Robert Sisilo, presented his credentials to the United States President His Excellency Donald Trump on Friday 21 July 2017 at the White House, in Washington DC. Prior to the credential ceremony, the Ambassador also met with United States Chief of Protocol and other…
Dear Editor – Over the past two days the news that captured media attention was the undersea cable which will benefit the country. When the project was first proposed, I was excited about it. The signing was done around June 27th before RAMSI officially left on June 30th. At that time, Nick Warner was here…