THE Burns Creek Soccer intergeneration Community of Refuge league in East Honiara, over eight weeks, of 22 teams climaxed on a platform similar to National Championships with a Trophy, Cash and Consolation prizes and Donated sports equipment on Sunday, 21st may, 2023. Dubbed the “I will Go to my Neighbor” tournament, the league was a…
THE West Kwara’e Constituency in Malaita Province is anxiously awaiting the result of its parliamentary bye-election which conducted successfully on Wednesday. Voters of Ward 3 and Ward 4 which make up the West Kwara’ae Constituency turned up in numbers to cast their votes for their new Member of Parliament (MP) for the remaining months before…
PRIME Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has been awarded the Honorary Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu award of Papua New Guinea (PNG). This is the highest civilian award in PNG. The PNG Prime Minister, James Marape, made the announcement at the closing of the 3rd Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation held in Port Moresby early…
AN alleged leader of an integrated group of former militants who reportedly planned to burn down the Mamara Housing Estate Development Building and state-owned properties will face the court again on March 30. John Damusi, 53, is facing four counts of Conspiracy to Commit an Offence, contrary to sections 19, and 3 (1) (A) of…
MANY students in Western Province doing online courses through the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Distance Flexible Learning (DFL) and the University of South Pacific (USP) have been affected by the unexpected outage of internet services to the provinces. Since the outage, affected students said they were unable to access their online classes, access their…
SOLOMON Islands girls, the Walt Disney Studios is looking for a 16-year-old Pacific Islander to play the heroic, bold and adventurous Moana for its live movie version. The Walt Disney Company Studios is giving the opportunity to as many young women of Pacific Island heritage as they can. No acting experience is required and the…
IN the bustling town of Gizo in the Western Province, residents are grappling with a significant surge in the prices of essential goods. This sudden rise in prices has raised concerns amongst both consumers and local businesses and pose a great challenge to the overall provincial economy. Shopkeepers in Gizo have observed an upward trend…
A scheme to assist those impacted by UXO in the Pacific should be proactively developed by former World War 2 rivals, USA and Japan. Solomon Islands made the statement during the US- Pacific Discussion last night in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Addressing the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken who co-chaired the discussion with…
SOLOMON Islands Kurukuru and Dawn FC player, Calvin Do’oro has signed with Chinese Futsal League side Xiangyu FC this week. The confirmation was made by the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) yesterday. Do’oro is reported to have caught the eyes of club during the recent Melanesian Futsal Cup in Fiji. He played a vital role…
The Government of Solomon Islands is hosting Directors of Women from 13 Pacific Islands Countries at a Regional Directors of Women Learning Exchange from 21 – 25 May 2023. Directors of Women from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, will…