SOLOMON Islands Futsal National Team, Kurukuru, has a new head coach. He is Englishman Damon Shaw. A statement from Solomon Islands Football Federation said Shaw applied for the job and was given the role by the SIFF executive committee after a successful zoom interview earlier this year. SIFF said Shaw is a professional coach and…
MP thanks the helping hands who re-floated her constituency ship after being perched between rocks by Cyclone Judy TEMOTU VATUD MP Freda Rotutafi Rangirei was all smiles on the weekend after her Constituency ship the Vatud Star was refloated last week. Vatud Star was driven ashore at Kukum by strong winds and heavy seas associated…
CHINA’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Li Ming, has paid a rare tribute to Chung Wah School and its female staff, which accounts for more 80 percent of the staffing population. Ambassador Li also paid tribute to women in Solomon Islands and China in a speech marking the International Women’s Day at the Chung Wah School…
OUR Telekom will soon launch its mobile money service. This was confirmed by the company’s Information staff last Thursday during an information-sharing session with Honiara’s artisan community. The Our Telekom Information staff briefed the local artisans about the company’s range of new products that could help them market their products online. Amongst the range of…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is conducting a review of past and current potential partnerships with hospitals overseas for patient referrals, the ministry announced in a statement. MHMS said the previous partnership with St Vincent Hospital in Sydney, Australia for the 10 beds had come to a halt in 2017 due to…
THE Australian Federal Police (AFP) has provided the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Forensic Unit with specialist equipment and consumables to support the investigative capability of the RSIPF. AFP advisors working with the RSIPF and AFP Policing Partnership Programme (RAPPP) previously helped establish digital forensic and drug testing capabilities within the Forensic Unit. RAPPP…
Solomon Airlines joins IATA ‘25 by 2025’ initiative to improve female representation in the aviation industry SOLOMON Airlines marked this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) by proudly highlighting the diverse achievements of the airline’s female staff. The national carrier invited female representatives from various departments to take part in a public parade in Honiara on…
PUBLIC transport bus service in Honiara is becoming a great concern as the service providers continue to defy Honiara City Council (HCC) orders for the discontinuation of short bus route services. Public transport bus commuters, especially workers and students, find it very challenging especially in the morning to get on just one bus to their…
THE National Referral Hospital (NRH) Dental Clinic as of this month will open for service during weekends. A notice issued by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) stated that this measure is taken to ensure that members of the public can access emergency or urgent dental care services on Saturdays and Sundays. “The…
A GATHERING to celebrate International Women’s Day in Honiara has been told that “a woman is like a tea bag … you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” The metaphor was uttered by Emmy Sogavare – spouse of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Mrs. Sogavare was speaking at the International…