Our Telekom helps connect Wagina via the 3G network to the world-wide-web The once isolated island of Wagina in Choiseul Province is now connected to the outside world via the internet, thanks to Our Telekom following the successfully installation and commissioning of a new 3G tower this week. This means the island with more than…
THE case of a man who allegedly led a group of protestors to the Parliament House and to set fire to the Naha Police Station during last November’s unrest will return to court September 14. This is for pre-trial conference. Sade Kwate’e had already pleaded not guilty to one count of Sedition, two counts of unlawful assembly and…
The SI Government has confirmed that the Solomon Islands National Broadband Infrastructure Project or SINBIP for the construction of up to 161 towers has been progressed with the recent signing of a contracting agreement with the vendor and contractor, Huawei/China Harbour Engineering Company Limited. A joint statement from the Ministry of Finance and Treasury and…
SOLOMON Islands young football striker, Raphael Leai is in Australia waiting for his visa approval before returning to Turkey for the trials with Turkey’s Alanyaspor Football club. Rafa as commonly known by football fans and supporters returned home last week just for a few days and returned to Australia and wait whilst his visa is…
THE Telekom S-league (TSL) competition enters match day 11 today featuring two matches. Matches will start at 2pm for this weekend’s matches featuring Honiara City FC and FC Isabel United. These two teams both have four points and will be aiming for a win to move up the ladder. Isabel United won their first game…
The SIFF Super Futsal league returns this weekend at the multipurpose outdoor court. More interesting matches are on scheduled for this weekend as the competition enters its fourth week. Today’s matches will see Marist FC take on the Saints at 3pm for the first match, Island Brothers and Dawn FC at 4:30pm, Salt FC and…
The dust is still swirling, far from settled, and already people are calling the 2022 elections the worst in Papua New Guinea’s history. Is that correct? I don’t know – the 2002 and 2017 elections provide stiff competition. And in some ways, 2022 hasn’t been as bad as I feared. The PNG Electoral Commission abandoned…
MALAITA Premier Daniel Suidani took time during the Malaita 39th Second Appointed Day anniversary to express his disagreement with continuing reference to provincial governments as mere agents of the national government. The Malaita Provincial Premier is of the view that those who refer to provincial governments as agents of the national government have taken the meaning…
THE Franjti Shipping Ltd’s new passenger vessel, MV Auki Express, successfully made its first passenger voyage to Auki, Malaita Province, yesterday. Auki Express broke the record as the fastest passenger vessel to ever serve the Honiara- Auki route with only two hours running time between Honiara and Auki. Passengers who travelled onboard MV Auki Express…
RHINOVIRUS and Influenza H3 are the main drivers of the current outbreak of flu-like illness in Honiara and Malaita Province, the Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr. Culwick Togamana announced in his special nation-wide address yesterday. He said during the week from 25 to 30 July, the National Public Health Surveillance Unit has recorded…