Australia’s ABC Television Landline team will be arriving in Honiara this week to film a short documentary on the Kokonut Pacific story in Solomon Islands. Kokonut Pacific produces virgin coconut oil and a range of coconut oil based soaps and oils.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has officially opened the Seventh Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum in Honiara today. Themed “Signposting the Path to Sustainable Economic Growth”, the forum brought together local and international speakers to discuss ways to promote doing business between…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described the seventh Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum, which begins in Honiara tomorrow, as a crucial and exciting event for Solomon Islands.
The seventh Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum is on track to start tomorrow. The Australian High Commission office in Honiara said this is the first time the bilateral business event will be held in Solomon Islands.
The 2016 Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships are now open for Solomon Islanders in the fields of health, gender, education, engineering, economics and law. The Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships sponsors students interested in studying abroad at selected universities in the Pacific.
A research fellow from an Australian University says there has been no effect in transforming Solomon Islands into a well-governed state, despite having been given so much aid.
The Solomon Islands Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and Australia Pacific Islands Business Council will organise the 7th Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum and Trade Expo in Honiara from June 15 to 17.
Foreign Minister Milner Tozaka has discussed the current Labour Mobility issues with Assistant Minister for Employment Honourable Luke Hartsuyker and the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Investment Honourable Steven Ciobo during his two-day visit to Australia last week.
A wide range of national issues ranging from the economy to infrastructure development is amongst key subjects to be discussed in the historic Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum and Business Mission in Honiara Mid June.
Wrapping up the biggest ever Solomon Islands promotional campaign in Australia, Solomon Airlines, and the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau have hailed the week-long travel industry road show in Queensland and New South Wales a major success.
The Australian Defense Advisor for the South West Pacific, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Watson has praised the Patrol Boat Auki team saying they had played an outstanding role during the relief efforts in Vanuatu.
Four Solomon Islanders who are in Australia under the Labour Mobility Scheme have been declared as illegally living in Australia. The four people are part of a group of 14 Solomon Islanders who travelled to Australia to work in the country’s horticulture industry under the scheme late last year.
Solomon Islands remains the third largest recipient of Australian aid globally, according to the Australian Government 2015-16 Budget. Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne confirms, despite a reduction in Australia’s global aid budget, the budget for Solomon Islands remains unchanged at…
The visiting Member of Parliament for New South Wales Government Jonathan O’Dea has today handed over two cheques worth more than AUD$3,000 each for the National Referral Hospital and the Good Samaritan hospital in North Guadalcanal.
A landowner company, Gold Ridge Community Investment Limited (GCIL) has bought the troubled Gold Ridge mine from Australian gold miner Saint Barbara. Pacific Islands News Association reports the sale of the mine to Gold Ridge Community Investment Limited includes all of the mine’s liabilities and a…
St Barbara Limited has signed a ‘Deed of Sale’ today for the unconditional sale of the Gold Ridge Project and a number of associated St Barbara Group subsidiaries to a Solomon Islands company associated with local landowners. Completion of the sale is due on 6 May.
Young girls will be better protected from cervical cancer, the biggest cancer killer of women in Solomon Islands, after the introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to the country yesterday.
In Sports, Australia and New Zealand will for the first time participate in the pacific games this year. President of the Pacific Games Committee – PGC, Vidya Larkan revealed this during his presentation at the Oceania National Olympics Committees – Pacific Islands News Association regional…
Solomon Islands business relationship with Australia has been dubbed ‘very good’. According to the member of the Executive Committee of the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council, Stephen Taylor, Solomon Islands and Australia’s relationship in terms of business is very strong.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau and the Solomon Airlines have combined resources to host a major Australian travel film crew on an 11-day shoot travel in various parts of Solomon Islands.
