Solomon Islands is looking forward to hosting the 20th Melanesian Spearhead Group Leader’s Summit in July. Papua New Guinea Foreign Affairs and Immigrations Minister Rimbink Pato reaffirmed this following his return from a two-day visit to Honiara last week.
The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has labelled a media article by the Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) as unwarranted and careless piece of communication by a very senior regional leader.
The Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture will return to Solomon Islands in 2018. This is after Solomon Islands won the bid to host the next Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture. Solomon Islands hosted the inaugural Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in 1998.
Permanent Secretary for Culture and Tourism, John Wasi says Solomon Islands is optimistic to be the host of the next Melanesian Festival of Arts. The Permanent Secretary was part of the 168-member contingent from Solomon Islands attending the current Melanesian Arts Festival in Papua New Guinea.
Solomon Islands participants at the 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture continue to impress at satellite venues around Papua New Guinea. A statement from the contingent’s Media Team says – music bands, dance and panpipe groups traveled to satellite venues at Mount Hagen in the Highlands of…
Delegates to the 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Port Moresby have paid special tribute to the Director of the Culture Division of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Culture and Tourism, following his death in Papua New Guinea over the weekend.
A leader of the Solomon Islands contingent to the Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival in Papua New Guinea has passed away. In a service message through SIBC, the Minister, Permanent Secretary and staff of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announce, the late John Tahinao, Director of Culture,…
Day one of the Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on Monday has highlighted Melanesian people’s close connection to their land and environment.
The Solomon Islands contingent to the fifth Melanesian Festival of Arts has left the country for Papua New Guinea. Media Officer for the Solomon Islands Contingent, George Hermmings, told SIBC News this week the contingent left on a chartered flight yesterday.
Cultural groups representing Solomon Islands in the upcoming fifth Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Papua New Guinea has staged a live dress rehearsal today at the National Museum Grounds.
The Government has announced Solomon Islands participation at the upcoming fifth Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture, MFAC, in Papua New Guinea. The Festival’s opening ceremony will be in Port Moresby on June 28, and will run for two weeks ending on July 11.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Clay Forau has delivered food and funds donated by the MSG Secretariat staff in Vanuatu and by his Ministry to the National Disaster Council.
