REGISTRATION of clubs that will be participating in the 2023 Telekom S-league (TSL) season is open. As approved by FIFA the registration window for TSL opened on Monday March 13th and will close on Friday April 21st. According to the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) clubs will be able to register players from abroad during…
IN an official ceremony at the Honiara International Airport on Wednesday, Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare on behalf of the Government and People of Solomon Islands received the newly completed Japan-funded airport improvement project from the Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Miwa Yoshiaki. Through an SBD$300-million funding support from Tokyo through the Japanese International Corporation Agency,…
A WEEKLONG Trachoma awareness carried out by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) in the Central Islands Province (CIP) is underway. The awareness includes talks on trachoma as well as the conducting of screening and treating of the disease, targeting children from ages five to nine. The awareness programme known as “School Trachoma…
FORMER public prosecutor, Elma Veenah Rizzu Hilly, is one of the three new magistrates who were sworn into the Magistracy in a brief ceremonial sitting at the High Court on Monday this week. The 30-year-old Mrs Hilly is of mixed Malaita Province-Isabel Province parentage and studied law at the University of Papua New Guinea (PNG),…
NEWLY appointed Magistrate, Hayniel Max, never dreamt he would one day end up on the Bench. The 33-year-old had another career path in mind but that all changed when two lawyers visited his village during the festive season in 2015. “I wasn’t motivated as I am now with the aim to do further studies and…
The New Zealand Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Delegation currently visiting Honiara has had a fruitful dialogue with Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP. Introducing the delegation, chairperson Jenny Salesa explained, the visit is to…… “strengthen bilateral relationships, inform the Committee’s current inquiry into fisheries in the Pacific, gain insights into Solomon Islands Covid-19…