The biggest ever Solomon Islands tourism mission to visit Australia, the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau plus 12 local tourism representatives and Solomon Airlines will stage two major workshops in Sydney and Brisbane in May.
International visitation to Solomon Islands for the period January to December 2015 increased from 20, 061 in 2014 to 21, 623. This is a growth of 7.8 percent.
Solomon Islands legal practitioners continue to upgrade their legal policy skills. Two local lawyers, Jasper Highwood Anisi from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and Kyla Venokana from the Ministry of Justice’s Policy Unit spent two weeks in Canberra last month,…
Australia has provided a further $24 million to the National Government earmarked to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services. This is part of Australia’s ongoing commitment to improving access to quality basic health care for all Solomon Islanders.
The Australian High Commission has this morning hosted its annual breakfast to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). The event was attended by more than 100 people at the Heritage Park Hotel.
A breast cancer specialist team from Melbourne, Australia will arrive in the country next week. The Australian High Commission Office says the program is managed by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and funded by the Australian Government.
Solomon Islander, Hillary Toloka is among other four Pacific Islands emerging leaders given the 2016 Greg Urwin Awards. Others include Adi Talanaivini Mafi of Tongan Ministry of Justice, Dr.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) has started promoting the ‘Hapi Isles’ in Australia and New Zealand. The SIVB Australia and New Zealand’s team attended the biggest travel EXPO in Sydney last week.
Australia has provided about SBD$18 million to the Solomon Islands Government as part of its ongoing commitment to improving access to quality basic health care for all Solomon Islanders.
A SolTuna employee has been awarded the prestigious Australia Awards Ed Smith Memorial Prize to study a Masters Degree in Fisheries Policy at the University of Wollongong in Australia.
In sports, the National Futsal team, Kurukuru narrowly lost 3-0 to the Futsalroos in their international friendly match today at the Sydney Olympic Park in New South Wales, Australia.
Australia and Solomon Islands will be providing naval assistance to Vanuatu for its national election this Friday. Early this month, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Vessel Lata and crew departed Honiara for Port Vila.
In Sports, the Solomon Islands national men’s futsal team, Kurukuru has left the country for Australia today to play against the Australian national futsal team in two friendly matches this weekend.
Solomon Airlines has announced the temporary suspension of its Sydney-Honiara service from 22 February to 25 April 2016 while the carrier’s flagship Airbus A-320 undergoes maintenance in Singapore.
The Parliamentary Opposition Leader Hon. Jeremiah Manele has congratulated the newly appointed Special Coordinator to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) Mr Quinton Devlin.
An Australian indigenous leader and prominent businessman Mr Warren Mundine says Public-private partnerships on Guadalcanal’s oil palm industry is a testimony of how customary land can be used for economic development.
Australian Indigenous leader and prominent businessman, Mr Warren Mundine has met with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to discuss opportunities for growth in Solomon Islands.
The Ministry of Infrastructure Development graduated 29 participants to its Certificate four’ on Civil Construction Supervision and Material Testing program today. The graduates came from various private sector construction companies including staffs from the Ministry.
The winner of the International Cocoa Award, David Junior Kebu will finally receive his award this Saturday in Honiara. Mr Kebu’s cocoa sample was sponsored early this year by the Australian Government to enter the International Cocoa of Excellence Programme.
The Australian High Commission Office and Live and Learn Solomon Islands have today jointly launched the “Red Cardim Vaelens”, a new initiative to tackle gender-based violence through sports in Solomon Islands.
