The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU) is currently hosting a three-day Dialogue for Revenue Mobilisation for PACER Plus parties in Nadi, Fiji. The event, which started today 27 February, will conclude on 29 February.
By IAN KAUKUI The first phase of the new University of the South Pacific (USP) campus in Honiara has already been completed and ready for its official opening in May this year. USP Solomon Islands Campus Director, Dr. Billy Fito’o told the local media during a recent tour to the facility. Dr.
Solomon Islands will welcome beauty pageants from Pacific Islands states on its shores after winning the bid to host the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant in Honiara. The bid was presented on behalf of the country by Ms.
The COP28 climate summit concluded in Dubai with a landmark climate agreement to transition away from fossil fuels on Wednesday. This comes after an overnight revision of the draft decision released on Monday which only suggested reducing the consumption of fossil fuels and its production than a…
Over the next 24 hours, governments from around the world are expected to agree to a climate agreement here in the oil-rich country of the United Arab Emirates.
Like other small island developing states, the Solomon Islands where climate change threatens the very existence of the people and the country, adaptation is not an option, but a matter of survival.
Speaking at the high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Dr Melchior Mataki said Solomon Islands is both a small island…
The current impact of climate change in Solomon Islands reaches a threatening level causing loss to low-lying Islands. As discussions and negotiations are in full force to come up with solutions for vulnerable countries suffering the impacts of climate change at the 28th Conference of the Parties…
The impacts of climate change are already being felt around the world, nowhere more so than in the Pacific Island countries. For the leaders of the Pacific Region, the United Nations-backed climate change summit called the 28th Conference of Parties (COP 28) underway in the oil-rich Kingdom of the…
World leaders, business leaders, civil society groups and climate change advocates gather in oil-rich country of Dubai are in full force on discussing for the 28th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) to find ways for vulnerable countries,…
The Solomon Islands Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hon Manasseh Maelanga (MP) calls for greater collaboration amongst PNA member countries to advance tuna fisheries development in the region.
The Solomon Islands Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Manasseh Maelanga (MP) and Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Hon Nestor Giro (MP) have arrived in Kiritimati (Christmas) Island in the Republic of Kiribati ahead of the 3rd Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Leaders’ Summit.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade organized a Consultation on Pacific Regional Labour Mobility (PRLMS) in Honiara last week. The consultation was facilitated by a visiting delegation from the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) office in Suva, Fiji.
A consultation on the Kava Regional Development Strategy 2024-2028 and presentation of a scoping study on developing a kava-based pharmaceutical/nutraceutical industry in the Pacific was held in Honiara on Wednesday 18th October 2023.
Honiara residents and visitors gearing up for the Pacific Games are in for a cultural treat, as the Ministry of Culture and Tourism joins hands with the Sol2023 Pacific Games Organizing Committee(GOC) to present the “Iumi Wan Festival.” This vibrant cultural celebration will take place from…
Prime Minister and Minister responsible for the 2023 Pacific Games Hon. Manasseh Sogavare launched the 2023 Pacific Games tickets today. Launching the tickets at Our Telekom’s Point Cruz Office, Prime Minister Sogavare said, the 17th (XVII) chapter of the Pacific Games is coming to our shores in a…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP has congratulated the Government and people of the Republic of Fiji on the occasion of their 53rd Independence Anniversary.
The Japanese Embassy in Honiara has conveyed its concern over Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s statement at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), condemning Japan’s action to discharge treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
The recent Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) 18th Annual Ministerial Meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands was successfully concluded with a 14-point communique seeking to further strengthen the Parties position amidst increasing regional and global challenges.
The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Hon. Nestor Ghiro has congratulated the SolTuna and the NFD during celebrations marking the 50th Anniversary of the country’s Tuna Industry in Noro yesterday.
