The fifth Integrated Crop Management project Advisory Group meeting began in Honiara Today. The meeting brought together Agriculture officers from Solomon Islands, Australia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Papua New Guinea to discuss issues surrounding integrated Management projects.
Solomon Islands has won a fifth gold medal in the 15th Pacific Games in Port Moresby, thanks to 18-year-old Solomon Islands long distance runner, Rosifelo Siosi. SIBC’s Bart Basia reports from Port Moresby.
Solomon Islands female long distance bullet, Sharon Firisua has last night raised the national flag higher than the rest in Port Moresby’s Pacific Games. An unmatched Ms Firisua claimed a gold medal after out-loping all her opponents in the women’s 5000 metres.
A US Military high-speed vessel will arrive in Honiara this Friday. Called USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3), this is the ship’s third stop of Pacific Partnership 2015. Millinocket and embarked Task Force Forager, are currently serving as the secondary platform for Pacific Partnership 2015.
Solomon Islands has snatched four gold medals today in the Pacific Games, thanks to female weight lifter Jenly Wini. Ms Wini out-classed her opponents in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk categories and an overall gold medal. Reporting from Port Moresby is SIBC’s Rolland Ko’ofuli.
The MSG Formed Police Unit (FPU) is among key initiatives launched during the 20th Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders meeting in Honiara last week.
The Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (PIANGO) has thrown its support behind the Government’s initiative to review the Political Parties Integrity Act. PIANGO Board Member Keu Mataroa made the statement in an interview with SIBC News today.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described the seventh Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum, which begins in Honiara tomorrow, as a crucial and exciting event for Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands has entered the El Nino season. The Director of Meteorology David Hiriasia has confirmed this to SIBC News and says the country can expect to experience changes to its weather pattern.
Assuming the Chairmanship role of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Police Commissioner’s conference signifies a regional responsibility for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), says Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast.
The Melanesian Spearhead Group MSG Police Commissioners conference gets under way at the Heritage Park Hotel today. The conference brought together Police Commissioners from Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands.
Cabinet has endorsed an Inter-Ministry Committee to prepare Solomon Islands’ negotiations with Fiji on a new Air Service Agreement (ASA) in the coming weeks.
In sports, the Secretary General of the Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) Ricardo Blas is concerned that some support staff and Chef de-Missions in some National Olympic Committees do not really understand their roles.
The Royal Solomon Islands Force patrol boat Auki will return from Vanuatu next week after a relief mission following Cyclone Pam. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast also told a press conference this week the NDMO Office of Vanuatu is impressed with the relief mission Patrol Boat Auki provided.
Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition Jeremiah Manele has yesterday met with Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor. During the meeting, Dame Meg briefed the Leader of the Opposition on the preparations of the PIF leaders meeting to be held in Papua New Guinea, September…
Trade is at the heart of economic development in the Pacific region, says the visiting Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor.
Senior officials of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), today met with the Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, in Honiara.
The competition schedule for this year’s Pacific Games will be finalised by the end of this week. This is following a successful second ‘All of Sports Meeting’ over the weekend in Port Moresby.
Chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Victor Tutugoro has met with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, in the lead up to July’s MSG summit in Honiara. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare this week received the MSG Chair prior to the summit proper.
The Bank South Pacific has assured Westpac Bank staff in the Solomon Islands that their working terms and conditions will not be affected by the recent announcement that BSP has purchased Westpac operations in five Pacific Island countries including Solomon Islands.
