THE Prime Minister’s MSG apology was in order, appropriate and necessary to atone the follies committed by the former MSG Chair (current DPM) . Sir you do not need to explain why you had apologized. You’ve shown great leadership. I’m drawn to the debate by crap being made in Parliament. The DPM’s belittling remarks about…
Dear Editor – I may not be well versed with the MSG charter, upon which this alliance operates and govern its operations. However, it seems to me that those protocols are dozed off if and when a member country decides to do otherwise. This little grouping, the way I see it has a lot of…
Dear Editor – 8th of March 2018 reminds us of the significance of the women’s international day in empowering our young women- a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity and, giving Solomon Islands the knowledge base on…
Dear Editor – It is interesting to see some of our women paraded to mark IDOW (”International Day of Women”). As I ponder why this day has been designated I think it is quite significant in many ways. Previously (i.e few decades back), women has always been given a lower status as we grew up…
SO Solomon Islands is clearly the best football nation in Oceania. That’s according to Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) president William Lai. He stated this in an interview with Radio Australia this week. Mr Lai’s description of Solomon Islands as a “football nation” was based on crowd attendance of regional matches at Lawson Tama. For…
Dear Editor – I understand that the Forestry Resource & Timber Utilisation Act (the Act) is currently under review. This is a timely move on the part of the Ministry & the government. While I am pleased that the Act is currently under review, I am disappointed about the process (or the lack of it)…
Warriors, Marist win opening matches By CARLOS ARUAFU Oceania Champions League representatives Solomon Warriors FC and Marist FC made positive starts to their Telekom S-league (TSL) Championship campaign on Saturday at Lawson Tama. Both teams registered a win each in their opening matches. Warriors kicked off the day’s action with an impressive 5-0 win over…
NOCSI names C’Wealth Games team of 14 athletes and 11 officials By RONALD TOITO’ONA THE National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) has released the Commonwealth Games 2018 contingent, which will be representing the country in Gold Coast, Australia. A total of 14 athletes have been selected and will compete in six sports at…
The Tip Off Basketball Challenge men’s finals are set to kick off at the Multipurpose Hall on Sunday. This year’s men’s grand final will again feature last year’s finalists, Marist and Gunnerz men’s basketball club. These two teams made their way through following two weekends of tough group matches. Gunnerz Basketball team were crowned the champions…
Arson victims query police By SOLOMON LOFANAin Auki Victims of the recent burning of six homes at a settlement close to Fote village in Ward Four of West Kwara’ae Constituency, Malaita Province, have questioned why police have not yet made any arrests after the arson attack. It was reported that at least six homes…