Rumbiak cautions PM Hou
ULMWP calls on SI to be wary of report from recent Indo-funded trip BY ROMULUS HUTA THE United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela not to believe a single word which…
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Pacific Island leaders welcome PM Abe’s commitment
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO IN JAPAN THE Pacific Island Leaders who have attended the Eighth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM8) have welcomed Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s commitment to enhancing regional connectivity. This is through resilient quality infrastructure development and…
Pacific Islands leaders welcomed to Iwaki City
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PACIFIC Islands leaders and governors together with their delegations were welcomed to Iwaki City in Japan to participate in the two-day eighth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM). The welcome ceremony took place on Friday at the…
PM welcomes Japan’s technology and innovation
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO IN JAPAN PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has made an official invitation seeking interested Japanese companies to explore and invest in Solomon Islands. He made the announcement when addressing the Economic Forum in Tokyo on Thursday. Houenipwela…
PM Hou addresses Pacific-Japan economic forum
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela on Thursday has addressed a high-level Economic Forum between Pacific Island Leader’s and the Japanese companies in Tokyo. The Prime Minister and Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama were the only two leaders’ that were invited to…
PM Houenipwela graces milestone signing for new solar power plant in SI
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has graced the occasion of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Solomon Power and Hitachi Ltd in Tokyo on Wednesday this week. The MOU is aimed at resolving energy issues in the Solomon…
PALM8 meeting starts today in Japan
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE eighth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, PALM8, starts today at the Iwaki City, Fukusima Prefecture, in Japan. PALM8 takes place every three years where leaders and representatives of Pacific Islands countries (PICs) and regions are invited…
Country’s economic growth increases: PM Hou
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO IN JAPAN PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has told Japan’s Economic Forum ahead of today’s PALM 8th Summit that the country’s economy has grown to an estimated 3.8 percent this year. Houenipwela, in his address to the…
Australia committed to share water management expertise
BY GEORGINA KEKEA WITH the increase of preventable diseases, a timely research was conducted in 2016 on the menstrual hygiene management in the Pacific. Titled the Last Taboo: Research on menstrual hygiene management in the Pacific, the report speaks volumes…
PM Hou arrives in Tokyo
PRIME Minister Rick Hou arrived in Tokyo, Japan on Monday this week ahead of the Pacific Alliance Leaders Meeting (PALM 8). The Prime Minister and his Foreign Affairs Minister Milner Tozaka yesterday held a bilateral meeting with the Japan’s Minister…