Maxwell Keana has been formally suspended from participating in all Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) sanction competitions while his case is before the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Disciplinary/Ethics Committee. The Executive decided to suspend the player in a meeting held on Saturday…
MALAITA KINGZ FC earns a valuable three points and jumped from sixth to fourth place of the Telekom S-league (TSL) table following their sixth win of the season. Kingz edged a determined Laugu FC side 2-1 at the Lawson Tama Stadium on Sunday to move up two spots with 18 points. Edward Hunuiehu scored his eleventh…
SOLOMON ISLANDS young tennis players were impressive in the recent Vanuatu Regional Junior Tennis championship held in Vanuatu. The young tennis players finished in the top three spots in all three categories of the U10, U12, and U14 category for both girls and boys. For the U10 boys, Junior Kennedy and Andrew Sanga finished top in the…
Investigators of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Naha Police Station are investigating an attack on the home of the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Malaita who is residing in East Honiara. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) of Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Stanley Riolo says, “My investigators are investigating the incident and…
Malaita Province Premier Daniel Suidani has applauded the national government for making the Bina Harbour Tuna processing plant project a top priority in its 2020 budget. Mr Suidani stated this is a press release after Minister for Finance and Treasury Harry Kuma announced the priority projects for 2020. Mr Kuma in his 2020 budget speech…
Miss Solomon Islands Gladys Habu came second at last week’s Miss Pacific Islands (MPIP) show held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea that concluded over the weekend. Despite not being able to bring the crown home Ms Habu won Solomon Island’s highest placement ever at the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant having placed as 1st runner…
THE Women’s Survivor Experience Study report and Stretim Attitude about VAWG Report were launched during the official opening of the 16 days of Activism programs in Honiara, last Monday. Introducing the reports during the official launching, Dr. Anouk Ride Dolaiano said the reports contain findings of Victims of Gender-Based Violence here in the Solomon Islands.…
DCGA revisits Malaita projects as top priority for 2020 By IAN M.KAUKUI THE Democratic Coalition for Advancement (DCGA) like other past governments have again included Malaita province when it comes to national projects. In the 2020 national budget speech second reading in parliament last week, Minister of Finance Hurry Kuma said Bina Harbour project and…
THE Customs Division of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) will now be able to non-intrusively inspect cargo imports and exports to detect cargo assessed as “high risk” at Honiara International port with a newly received mobile x-ray scanner recently. The new technology will assist Customs to better implement their mandate to enforce border…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) announces the inaugural winner of a new award for its annual Business Excellence Awards (BEA). As part of the awards given out at the Business Excellence Awards events, the SICCI Board has developed a new award that is for the most valued partner to the Chamber.…