The Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne has officially opened an eye clinic at the Kilu’ufi Hospital in Auki, Malaita Province. The eye clinic was funded by the Australian Government.
The Country’s new Ambassador to the European Union, EU, Dr Moses Mose has called on the EU to focus on mitigating the impacts of climate change in the Pacific. Ambassador Mose made the call after presenting his credentials to the Belgian King as he takes up his new post.
Caretaker Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has also joined leaders around the world in congratulating the Republic of Fiji’s elected Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.
A new monument of Alvaro de Mendana, the Spanish explorer who first discovered and named Solomon Islands was inaugurated yesterday in Honiara by Spain’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Enrique Viguera. The Bust was donated by the Government of Spain to the people of Solomon Islands.
The member of parliament for North Vella Lavella, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, Milner Tozaka has called on the Care-taker Government to apologize to Fiji as a possible way to resolve strained relations between Solomon Airlines and Fiji Airways.
The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) Training Squadron is visiting Honiara today as part of their 2014 annual training program. The Japanese Embassy says, the squadron comprises 716 Personnel and three vessels under the command of Rear Admiral Yuasa Hideki.
Solomon Islands has joined an observer team from the Melanesian Spearhead Group to observe today’s Election in Fiji. The Caretaker Government of Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has selected Mrs Jane Tozaka, an Executive member of the Western Provincial Government to join the MSG Observer Team.
The care-taker Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has met with the visiting Republic of China, ROC, Youth Ambassadors in Honiara today. A statement from the office of the Prime Minister says Prime Minister Lilo thanked the visiting youth ambassadors for visiting the country and its people to learn…
A group of Youth Ambassadors from Taiwan have arrived in the country this afternoon. The twenty member delegation is here on a bilateral visit to boost youth exchange between the two states.
The Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne has expressed regret to the Deputy Prime Minister over last week’s embarrassing body search at the Brisbane Airport in Australia. Manasseh Maelanga was asked to undergo a random explosives body search while he was transiting in Brisbane last week.
The Solomon Islands High Commission in Port Moresby denies allegations of misappropriation of funds for SIG sponsored students studying in various Papua New Guinea tertiary institutions.
Twenty youths from Taiwan will arrive this weekend to visit the Solomon Islands as part of Taiwan’s Youth Ambassador Program. A statement from the Solomon Islands Taiwanese Embassy says, the 2014 Taiwan Youth Ambassadors are all young talented university students recruited by Taiwan’s Ministry of…
Twenty newly graduated Solomon Islands doctors from Cuba are expected to arrive in the country this week. The Ministry of Education sector’s secretary Audrey Rusa says four doctors will arrive today, nine tomorrow and seven on Wednesday.
Solomon Airline General Manager operations and commercial, Gus Kraus is calling on the Solomon Islands and Fiji Prime Ministers to quickly solve the current row over civil aviation rights, which has affected flights between the two countries for more than two months now.
Malaysia’s new High Commissioner to Solomon Islands has presented his Letters of Credence to the Governor General. Jilid Kuminding replaces former High Commissioner Datin Seri Blanche Olbery. He presented his letters of credence to Governor General Sir Frank Kabui in Honiara last Thursday.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has met with the European Union’s Resident Ambassador to Solomon Islands Leonidas Tezapsidis in Honiara yesterday. A government statement says, during the meeting, Mr Lilo thanked and congratulated Ambassador Tezapsidis for accepting and taking up the post as EU…
U.S Secretary of State John Kerry has used a speech at the end of his Asia-Pacific tour to set a new broader agenda for U.S relations with the region. Kerry addressed an audience at the East West Center in Hawaii at the end of his five-day visit to Myanmar, Australia and Solomon Islands.
The European Union’s first-ever resident Ambassador to Solomon Islands has presented his letter of credence to the Governor General Sir Frank Kabui at Government House. Leonidas Tezapsidis presented his credentials Thursday last week.
The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has slammed a claim by Alfred Sasako, the US Secretary John Kerry has demanded a ‘please explain’ to Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo during his visit.
United States of America has assured Solomon Island of its preparedness to support the country conduct a smooth and fair national general election this year.
