Foreign Minister Wong due in Honiara tomorrow
AUSTRALIA’S Foreign Minister Penny Wong is due in Honiara this Friday for a one-day program.“I will visit Solomon Islands, where I will meet Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and a number of his Cabinet ministers,”...
SPTO focuses on digitizing Pacific Islands’ tourism industry
BY BEN BILUAGizoPACIFIC tourism body, the South Pacific Tourism Association (SPTO) is looking at digitizing Pacific tourism industry for efficient and effective services during the pandemic.SPTO Boss, Chris Cocker said the organisation has done...
Manele to explain security treaty to regional leaders
By EDDIE OSIFELOMINISTER of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Jeremiah Manele is expected to travel to Suva, Fiji tomorrow to meet up with various organisation regarding the SI-PRC security treaty.This is to allow Manele...
Positive Outcome to Dialogue between PM and Australian Envoy.
Solomon Islands and Australia reaffirmed mutual respect for each other’s sovereignty and agreed to work together as close friends.Thanks to a ‘talanoa or tok stori’ session between Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and an Australian...
US admiral lashes out at SI-Sino security pact
A TOP American admiral has criticised a potential security pact between China and Solomon Islands, describing it as a “secret” arrangement worrying the US and its partners.Australia has warned that a Chinese naval base...
1.5 is not just a number, it’s our survival roadmap: Puna
BY BEN BILUAGizoSECRETARY General of Pacific Islands Forum says 1.5 degrees Celsius global target to reduce global emission is not just a number but a survival roadmap for Pacific Island states.Henry Puna made the...
Bail refused for PNG Doc
BY JENNIFER KUSAPAA Bail application for a Papua New Guinea doctor, his wife and two others accused of entering the Solomon Islands without any exemption has been refused by the Magistrate Court yesterday.Principal Magistrate...
Manele welcomes US pledge to reopen its embassy here
FOREIGN Affairs minister Jeremiah Manele has welcomed the announcement made by the US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken, to re-establish the US embassy in Honiara.Blinken announced this during the US –Pacific Island Leaders...
PNG-SI community celebrate Christmas
PAPUA New Guinea-Solomon Islands Community held their Christmas celebrations on December 18 at Harmock Beach, west of Honiara.Family, friends and PNG nationals gathered at the venue to mark Christmas along with the PNG soldiers...
US envoy warns of aid that benefits one person, party
THE U.S. ambassador to the Solomon Islands Erin McKee has warned Pacific Islands against "aid that benefits one person, one party and one bank account" - remarks that come after the Solomons were beset...