NHA: Support GOC deliver Sol2023

THE National Hosting Authority (NHA) is calling on the public to start rendering its support behind the Games Organizing Committee (GOC) in helping Solomon Islands deliver a successful Sol2023 Pacific Games come November and December this year. NHA Board Chair, Dr Jimmie Rodgers highlighted this at the weekly ‘Iumi Tugeda for Sol2023 Talkback show over…

Coaches grateful for laptops

SPORTS coaches have expressed gratitude for the opportunity to do work and study with laptops recently rendered by LiteHaus International. A good number of sports federations’ coaches who are under scholarship at SINIS were introduced to the laptops at the SINIS High Performance Centre early this week. Coach for Para Athletics [Portfolio 3], Augustine Olibuma…

Western donors accused of using LQBTIQA+ as weapon to access their funding assistance

PRIME Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has accused some western donors of using LGBTIQA+ as a weapon and condition for accessing their funding and in-kind assistance in a speech marking the nation’s 45th Independence Anniversary. LGBTIQA+ is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning asexual. Prime Minister Sogavare’s speech last Friday was given on the…

In court with Assumpta

Attempted rape accused awaits setting of trial dates A MAN who denied trying to rape a 10-year-old girl in 2021 during the recent High Court sitting in Lata, Temotu Province, is awaiting the setting of his trial dates. The defendant, who could not be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, entered a…