FOLLOWING the successful start of the inter-island rugby league on Saturday, two matches were played on Sunday. The match saw Bellona thrashing Eastern islands, 56- 5 at the Panatina rugby oval field. The match saw the dominance of the Bellona team, which blocked the Eastern side from entering their territory to make tries. Bellona was…
Solomon Islands Beach Volleyball (SIBV) coach Jeffery Pasio has been awarded with FIVB Beach Volleyball Coach Level 1 certificate. Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy conducted the course where 32 beach volleyball coaches all around the world attended. The course was held from 11th to 17th October 2014. This was the first time FIVB conducted the Beach…
OFC: The OFC Executive Committee made a whistle stop visit to Oceania’s future home of football on Saturday morning in Ngahue, New Zealand. Led by OFC President David Chung, executive committee members were given a tour of the work site where the two artificial football pitches that form the centre piece of the Home of…
AUSTRALIAN Rugby Union chief Bill Pulver has blamed the media for making Ewen McKenzie quit as Wallabies coach. McKenzie himself blamed a lack of commitment from the playing group while Pulver said the allegedly relentless attacks on his character from the Australian media left him with little option but to resign. McKenzie and the Wallabies…
Dear Editor – Thank you for allowing me space in your editorial page to make some public awareness on the seriousness of the introduction of the pest Giant African snail in to our country. This snail is the worst pest that has ever been introduced in Solomon Islands especially in Honiara but it is already…
Dear Editor – I refer to a recent SIBC news bulletin and an article published in your newspaper in connection with police preparedness for the upcoming general election in November and former and currently serving police officers, presumably ex-members of the National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force (NRSF), who have waited for 16 years for their…
Dear Editor – On Saturday afternoon, as I was driving along the main road in front of Westpac a bus needed to pull over to the side of the road and I slowed down for this to happen. When suddenly—-thud! From behind I could feel a bump on against my back tire. Yes, I was…
Dear Editor – Jimmy Rodgers’ signing of the pledge form against corruption is like putting a cart before the horse. He has yet to test his moral values against the challenges of being in parliament. Former member of parliament for Aoke Langalanga, Matthew Wale also signed a similar document and yet he is not immune…
Dear Editor – I would like to raise some concerns regarding measles campaign for Marovo Lagoon. Marovo zone had experienced measles outbreak in late September up until now, we registered a total of 26 case here in Seghe area health centre alone, other health centres within Marovo also registered cases of measles ,especially Keru, Batuna,…
Dear Editor – There is an immense increase in social problems in this country now, than ever before. These are rape, sexual abuse and domestic violence but a few. The courts are wasting good amount of their precious time in dealing with these sexual related crimes and sending to prisons the perpetrators. The papers too…