Narrow defeat for Solo

SOLOMON Islands men’s basketball team was defeated by host Fiji in their second match of the FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup tournament in Fiji yesterday. The national men’s basketball team went down 66-57 to Fiji at the Vodafone Arena. It was an outstanding performance by Solomon Islands against the 2017 Melanesia Cup bronze medalists. By the…

AUSTRALIA IN ACTION

Canberra announces new aid funding to Solomon Islands as it moves to build a stronger Pacific family AUSTRALIA will provide an estimated AUD$169-Million in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) to Solomon Islands in 2022-23, including AUD$103-Million bilaterally, the Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Dr Lachlan Strahan announced, Thursday. This announcement comes as Canberra pledges to…

HISTORY FOR BASKETBALL

Solomon Islands beat PNG in opening match SOLOMON Islands national men’s basketball team has made history by beating the Papua New Guinea (PNG) men’s team for the first time yesterday. Solomon Islands defeated the defending champions PNG 77-66 in their Melanesian Basketball Cup tournament opening match at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji yesterday. The…

New SOE to manage airports

THE country is set to have a new State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) by next year. This was announced by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communication and Aviation, Moses Virivolomo on Wednesday when speaking at the opening of the two-day Solomon Airlines ‘Aviation Week Fair’ to mark the national flag carrier’s 60th Jubilee. The new…