The second semi final showdown of the 2017 Solomon Cup tournament will kick off at the Lawson Tama Stadium, Wednesday. Group B leaders and defending champions, Malaita Eagles will take on Lauru Kuvojo at 1:30pm to determine the second finalist for the 2017 Solomon Cup tournament. This is the match most fans and supporters are…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group has questioned why the Prime Minister has chosen to remain tight lipped over issues of national interest raised by the Opposition Office. In a statement on Wednesday, it said over the past months the Opposition Group has raised serious concerns on many issues of national concern. The Opposition then described the…
Central Shields have secured a spot in the grand finals of the Telekom Solomon Cup tournament for the first time ever after winning their semi final against Western Turtles yesterday. Shields and Turtles battled it out for 120 minutes before heading into the penalty shootout for Central Shields to come out victorious with a 4-1…
THE Solomon Islands Football Federation President William Lai and his Executive have commended the service of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and Melanesian Security Services for providing security at the Solomon Cup tournament in Honiara. A statement from the Solomon Cup Local Organizing Committee (LOC) says they would like to thank both RSIPF…
THE National men’s football squad will play their first friendly exhibition match against Solomon Cup All Stars as part of their preparation to take on New Zealand in the grand finals of the stage three of the World Cup Qualifiers. According to reports from the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Technical Department, the friendly exhibition…
THE Western Turtles head coach, Alec Wickham has thanked their football fans and supporters and their sponsors for supporting them since the beginning of the Solomon Cup. Turtles unbeaten run were stopped by Central Shields yesterday leaving defending champions Malaita Eagles as the only team that are yet to lose any games in the Solomon…
BALIPA’A villagers in Reef Islands, Temotu Province are calling on the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to investigate its officers manning the station on the Reef Islands. A spokesperson for the villagers, who refused to be named, made this statement following an incident on Saturday at Balipa’a Village. “On Saturday police went to our…
The Solomon Islands Football federation (SIFF) has released the names of 20 U17 futsal players to be part of the training squad. These players will undergo further training until September 1 where the final squad will be named. This squad will represent Solomon Islands at the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) U17 Futsal Qualifiers in New…
First semi-final today between Turtles and Shields AFTER weeks of fierce rivalry between the ten teams in the 2017 Our Telekom Solomon Cup, the tournament last four battle is set for today as Western Turtle take on the Central Shields in the first semi-final at Lawson Tama. Western Turtles cemented their place in the semi-final…
THE proposed strike action by members of the Solomon Islands Medical Association (SIMA) is still in force. The strike notice was served last week on 23rd June 2017 by the Association to the Ministry of Public Service’s Permanent Secretary (PS). In statement SIMA president Dr Claude Posala said, this notice is still in force. “It…