His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge has formally handed over the IRB Junior World Championship trophy to hosts New Zealand yesterday, marking 50 days to the kick-off of Junior World Championship 2014 on Monday 2 June. Prince William, representing current JWC champions England, presented the trophy to All Blacks captain Richie McCaw at the…
One goal was all it took for Amicale FC to edge defending champions Auckland City FC out of the top spot in the the Match Day 8 marquee encounter which followed AS Dragon’s 5-0 drubbing of hosts Nadi FC earlier yesterday afternoon. It was a thriller from start to finish as 2013 semi-finalists Amicale FC…
Dear Editor – Following the April 3rd flash flood, the old Mataniko bridge was cut off. The disappearance of the bridge had forced many people to walk far distance and inorder to get into Point Cruz area or China Town. However, at the moment two raft boats are ferrying people to cross the Mataniko river…
Dear Editor – I wish to respond to certain points you raised about the accident. Firstly, thank you for raising the matter in the paper but there are certain points that were far from any truth. The driver at that time of the accident was me and there was no officer in the car with…
Dear Editor – Thank you for including the following article in your column. There must be a ‘silver lining’ in the ‘dark clouds’ which shrouded Honiara in the recent deadly flash floods and the heart breaks and misery they brought to Honiara and the nation. It is a golden opportunity for national and Honiara Town…
Honiara Football Association (HFA) has kicked off its pre-season tournament over the weekend which featured matches. The competition kicked off at King George Sixth School North Ground with four clubs who had paid in their registration fees before the due date last week. The four clubs include Ghaobata Gwale FC from Guadalcanal province, San Jorge…
DEFENDING champion of the annual Ester Zomo Dart tournament, EDM Bullets would had to sharpen their arrows to defend their title this year. EDM Bullets is the current Zomo Easter dart champion and have promised to defend their title with zeal. On Sunday they travel down to Gizo to participate in the annual Easter Zomo…
International player Michael Fifi’i says Solomon Islands can produce best team in the O-league if club owners and players care about national interest than personal. Mr Fifi’i who is playing for Kiwi FC of Samoa in the current O-league learned that out of the eight clubs competing in the O-league five clubs are recruiting Solomon…
FANS of popular music boy bands Dezine and Onetox are furious with a recently created page on social media network Facebook which targeted insults directly at the two groups. The page which was believed to have been created over the weekend by an unknown anti-Dezine and Onetox person was aimed at receiving any or all…
Musical concert to raise funds for the flood victims is being planned for Easter Monday. In preparation for that a committee was formed last week called– April Rains-Flood Band Laev Komiti. Its role is to organize the hosting of Band Leav: a music fest of contemporary and religious bands and cultural groups from within Honiara…