EELS FAREWELLS COACH

Marahare leaves Henderson Eels FC after four TSL seasons FOOTBALL Coach, Eddie Marahare has thanked Henderson Eels Football Club (FC) for his time with the club as he bids farewell. In a brief statement Sunday, Marahare described the four seasons he spent with Eels as a success and is so far the best achievements in…

More CAUSE funded projects for Gizo

MORE projects under the (Community Access Urban Strengthening and Enhancement) CAUSE Project aided by the World Bank are being earmarked for Gizo, Western Province this year. That’s according to the Western Provincial Secretary (PS) Jeffrey Wickham on Thursday during the handing over of two new jetties for Gizo Market.CAUSE has funded the two new jetties.…

US and Security Pact

DEAR EDITOR, First, I wish to say the freedom we have as a democratic country comes with sacrifices made by us Solomon Islanders and USA and allies during WWII. Secondly, though not mentioned but still a concern given the speed and secrecy about the security agreement, USA and its allies including us Solomon Islanders are…

Sogavare and China

DEAR EDITOR, Manasseh Sogavare now known as the Idi Amin of the South Pacific has put Solomon Islanders in great peril. China will come in with machine guns where Australia came with respect. The United States has now pivoted to the Pacific and Nuclear war is now more likely to be done in strategic locations…

Schools needs to play bigger role

MINISTER for Education & Human Resources Development (MEHRD), Lanelle Olandrea Tanangada says schools need to play bigger role for changing the future. When presenting her speech during the budget debate recently, she said schools must play a much bigger role in preparing our children and young people for the changing future and with it the many…

Call for SFL to create branch in Auki

MALAITA-based members of the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) have called on the management of the newly established Solomon Finance Limited (SFL) to consider opening a branch in Auki. These are mostly local Malaitans or people who are living and working in Auki. They said they were not able to make it to Honiara,…

IT’S OMICRON BA2

Health Minister confirms Omicron BA2 as Covid-second wave THE Covid-19 variant that is circulating in the country and termed as ‘second wave’ has been confirmed to be Omicron BA2. Health Minister, Dr Culwick Togamana made the confirmation in his special nationwide address last night. After the decrease in the number of the Covid-19 cases in…

$16m health centre opens in Avuavu 

THE completion of the $16million Area Health Centre at Avuavu, Guadalcanal Province will benefit around 11,000 people in the area.  The Area Health Centre which was funded by the Government of Korea (KOICA) through the World Health Organisation was officially opened on Tuesday last week.  Guadalcanal Provincial Health director Dr Joel Denty said the facility,…