Current Chair of the 10th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders’ Meeting (PICLM), Prime Minister Peter O’Neill of Papua New Guinea has urged the Pacific Community to explore the ‘great opportunities’ at hand in the ‘Pacific Century.’ The PICLM Chair made the plea when speaking at a dinner hosted by…
Weather experts around the region are meeting in Honiara, to discuss further improvement of forecasting and providing early warnings on severe weather such as heavy rainfall, strong winds and high waves associated with tropical cyclones and other weather events.
Regional athletes from Fiji and PNG will be in Honiara this week ahead of the Pacific Triathlon Championship scheduled for third and fourth of September. The five weeks of extra training due to the postponement has paid off, with Solomon Islands athletes in peak form, ready for the competition.
The fourth meeting of the Regional Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the Southwest Pacific concludes in Honiara today. The meeting opened discussions on ways to improve seismic, sea level networks and data sharing for more timely and accurate detection and monitoring of tsunami…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Milner Tozaka has presented a report on the work of RAMSI in Solomon Islands during the Pacific Islands Foreign Leaders meeting in Suva, Fiji last week.
Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer says the protection of our fisheries resources as well as the cordial working relationship and cooperation between our pacific countries is central to the pacific people.
Fijian Prime Minister and outgoing Pacific Development Forum Chair, Voreqe Bainimarama has expressed confidence in Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s Leadership role in the Pacific Islands Development Forum PIDF.
The grand opening ceremony to mark the start of the two days Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Leaders’ Summit is set for Lawson Tama Stadium tomorrow, Tuesday 12th July.
The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Leaders Summit will come in two forms – the Pre-Leaders Summit and Leaders Summit Proper. Special Secretary to the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) and PIDF, Rence Sore confirms in a message to the public.
The Director Operations of the Forum Fisheries Agency, Noan Pakop has called on Pacific Islands countries including Solomon Islands to be on alert for any sightings of illegal vessels crossing the Pacific waters. Mr.
The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Leaders Summit will be held in Honiara Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Thirteen Charter member leaders and more than 40 countries around the world will be participating in the forum.
The two-day ‘Vaka Pacifiki International Education Conference’ will be held at the Kukum Campus of Solomon Islands National University beginning tomorrow, 5th July 2016. The conference is jointly hosted by SINU, University of South Pacific and University of Victoria in New Zealand.
The Forum Fisheries Agency Director-General, James Movick says FFA members might discuss renegotiating terms with the US to resume fishing this year. Movick says this ahead of an FFA members series of meetings in Fiji this week.
A Regional workshop on Core Agent Network Accelerators has been officially opened in Honiara today. Representatives of participating banks and mobile network operators in the region converged for the workshop.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s Culture Division is gearing up for the up coming 12th Festival of Pacific Arts to be held in Guam from 22 May to 4th June this year.
Deputy Director-General of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Wez Norris has described the dispute between FFA member countries and the cancellation of 37 US Fishing vessel licenses to stop fishing in the Pacific waters as an ‘unfortunate situation’.
The 2015 Miss Solomon Islands competition now has a new winner after a crowning event was held in Honiara last night. She is Miss Deeane Enoch, the Miss Mokolo Enterprises contestant.
The 46th meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting has ended with the leaders reiterating their concerns that climate change remains the single greatest threat to the livelihood, security and well being of the Pacific people.
Pacific Islands News Association and Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Regional Media Workshop started in Port Moresby yesterday. More than 20 journalists from around the region including Papua New Guinea are part of the workshop.
A combined team of eye specialists from the Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand and the newly opened Regional Eye Centre in Honiara has told Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare that eye health service is one of the pillars of health care.
