SOLOMON Islands Team Taekwondo for the Sol2023 Pacific Games has expressed its readiness to compete in the major regional sporting event in Honiara. This was stated by the Taekwondo Head Coach Junior Maetia. Taekwondo athletes usually train at the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) as part of their preparation for the games. “The…
A GROUP of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel, with two Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 helicopters has begun arriving in Honiara to support the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) as the country prepares to host the Pacific Games. Around 5000 athletes, officials and support staff are set to participate in the…
Fiji’s overseas-based professional footballer Trina Davis is amongst Fiji’s athletes here in Honiara for PG23, says Team Fiji is here to win more gold TEAM Fiji has arrived yesterday evening for the Sol2023 Pacific Games and amongst its athletes is the overseas-based professional footballer Trina Davis. Team Fiji comprises 496 athletes and officials and will…
Australia announces the deployment of additional AFP and ADF personnel under the SIAF arrangement to assist RSIPF ensure a safe and secure Sol2023 Pacific Games AROUND 100 additional Australian Federal Police (AFP) personnel will be deployed to Solomon Islands as part of Australia’s support to the country to host a safe and successful Sol2023 Pacific…
PAPUA New Guinea has deployed additional police personnel to Honiara to help the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force and its other international policing partners to provide security services during the 17th Pacific Games in Honiara. The additional deployment of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) officers comes with two vehicles to aid the officers…
REPLENISHING millions of dollars of cargo destroyed in the wake of Chinatown riots in November 2021 will get the same funding priority as the 17th Pacific Games’s, insiders have revealed. The same treatment will apply to the release of $21 million the government owes the Commodities Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) Revitalisation Programme approved by Cabinet…
The Commissioner of Lands denies any knowledge of the transfer of alienated plots of land in the Western Province from his custody on behalf of the Crown as announced by Western Province Premier Billy Veo THE Commissioner of Lands (COL) Alan McNeil has denied being aware of plans to transfer 134 alienated plots of land…
A team of neurosurgeons, nurses, and anaesthetists from Australia has completed a vital mission to the Solomon Islands to perform critical brain surgeries and build local medical capabilities. The 14-member team, led by Nepean Hospital’s Senior Anaesthetist Dr Narko Tutuo and Head of Neurosurgery Dr Matthew Tait, aimed to address urgent neurological conditions identified after…
SOLOMON Islands Team karate is doing well in its preparation for the Sol2023 Pacific Games at the High-Performance Centre – Solomon Islands National Institute of Sports (SINIS) under the guidance of Sensei Nicholas Naudy from Australia. Mr Naudy from Goshukan Karate Academy in Gold Coast in Queensland was here to help them improve on their…
SI seasonal worker known as the ‘Destroyer’ in Australia’s boxing scene wins 2nd pro bout in NSW LEMUEL Silisia, Solomon Islands very own son living in Australia’s Tamworth city who is also known in the Australian boxing scene as the ‘Destroyer,’ won his second boxing professional bout after beating Australian boxer Simon Rendina by 3rd…