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.
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 Islands could have done better by asking the right questions prior to intervention of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, RAMSI. Member of Parliament for East Choiseul Manasseh Sogavare told Parliament during the debate on the Independent Review of RAMSI in Solomon Islands.
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.
Taiwan has released the second payment for the “2014 ROC Funding Support to Solomon Islands”, but only for 45 constituencies. A media statement from the Embassy today says, Taiwan’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands Victor Te-Sun Yu formally released the second payment of SBD$13.5 million to Prime…
The Minister for Aviation has accused Fiji of ‘dictating’ and ‘interfering’ with Solomon Airlines operations into Fiji. The impasse between the Airlines of the two countries began in mid-July this year, and the stand-off is now into its seventh week.
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…
Eleven students will receive Taiwanese scholarships from the Republic of China Taiwan Thursday this week, to undertake bachelors degree studies in Taiwan. A media advisory from the Taiwanese Embassy in Honiara says His Excellency Mr.
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 Asian Development Bank has approved a $15.58 million project to help Solomon Islands rebuild transport infrastructure damaged by recent flash floods.
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.
The U.S. Secretary of State says lessons left behind by the marines, scouts and coast watchers who fought in the 1942 Battle for Guadalcanal can be useful for Solomon Islands and the United States.
Cabinet has endorsed a paper to give full recognition to the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state. A media statement from the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet issued this evening says, Cabinet endorsed a paper on the position today.
The United States Secretary of State John Kerry is arriving in Solomon Islands tomorrow. During his visit, the Secretary of State will meet the Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo and other Government Leaders.
