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Court ruling clears way for OAG to complete Pacific Games audit

By Agnes Menanopo A recent court ruling has clarified the legal requirements surrounding the use of public funds for the 2023 Pacific Games and will allow the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) to complete its outstanding audit work.

22 Aug 2026

Pacific Games 2023
PM host Team Solomon.
Prime Minister and Minister of the 17th Pacific Games Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP and Madam Emmy Sogavare hosted a thank you dinner to honour Team Solomon. The Government also rewarded athletes who won medals under the Pacific Games Council rules of competition in the 2023 Pacific Games.
8 Dec 2023
Pacific Games 2023
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES – Triathletes happy with placing
For triathletes Jude Irowane, William Siau, Andriana Tukuvia and Albert Kado, the 2023 Pacific Games has been a learning curve as they refocus for the 2025 Mini Games and the next Pacific Games in Tahiti.
2 Dec 2023
Pacific Games 2023
ARE THESE BODYBUILDERS THE SOLOMONS’ BEST YET?
Solomon Islands’ bodybuilders are fast gaining a reputation as the ones to beat. A medal rush at the Pacific Games follows months of preparation and work at the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS).
28 Nov 2023
Boxing
Olympic Dreams for Solomon Island Boxers
Eight Solomon Islands’ boxers will be vying for Olympic selection when the team hits the ring on Monday at the Pacific Games in Honiara. The squad of 20 men and eight women will contest every division from light flyweight to super heavyweight at the SIFF Academy.
24 Nov 2023
Pacific Games 2023
Pacific Games Pride
Honiara is bursting with patriotic pride as the city swells to accommodate thousands of athletes, officials and visitors for the Pacific Games. Jeremy Inifiri from the Games Organizing Committee (GOC) said more than 10,000 people from 24 participating countries and the Solomons’ nine provinces are…
17 Nov 2023
Government
100 Days to go.
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP, today, has unveiled the Pacific Games 2023 Baton and also launched the 100- day Baton Relay. The paddle shaped baton will be flown to all nine Provinces with the courtesy of Solomon Airlines.
11 Aug 2023
Bilateral Partnership
Prime Minister Sogavare appreciates SBD 58 Million (US$7M) assistance from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia towards Pacific Games 2023
The National Government of Solomon Islands formally appreciates and acknowledge the more than SBD 58 Million dollars in grant assistance from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia towards the 2023 Pacific Games preparations.
11 Jun 2023
Pacific Games 2023
CABINET APPROVES 130 PUBLIC SERVANTS TO SUPPORT PG2023 DELIVERY
The Cabinet on 25 May 2023 has approved the Secondment of One Hundred and Thirty (130) Public Servants, Teachers and State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) officers to the Games Organizing Committee to support the successful delivery of the Pacific Games 2023.
6 Jun 2023
Pacific Games 2023
GOC, FIJI TV announce Fiji Broadcast Rights for Sol2023 PG
The 2023 Pacific Games Organizing Committee (GOC) is pleased to announce that Fiji Television Limited (FIJI TV) has acquired the broadcast rights for the Sol2023 Pacific Games in Fiji.
2 May 2023
International
Sol2023 Games Organizing Committee unveils Mascot
The Mascot for the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands has been revealed. The winning design was officially unveiled on Thursday 12th May, 2022 after the Sol2023 Games Organizing Committee (GOC) Board endorsed the winning entry after an expert panel of judges selected the winner from a…
12 May 2022
Government
Prime Minister to receive and witness the blessing of SINIS the ‘Home of Sports’
Exactly 2 years before the 2023 Pacific Games, the China Civil Engineering Construction (CCECC) will officially handover the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) High – Performance Center facility to the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) this Friday 19th November at Panatina, East…
17 Nov 2021
Coronavirus
Wale calls on the government to sart looking at postponing the 2023 Pacific Games
Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Hon. Mathew Wale urges the government to start taking pre-emptive planning to consider the possible postponement of the Pacific Games to be held in the country in 2023.
8 Apr 2020