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By Georgina Maka’a The Miss Pacific Islands Pageant 2025 officially kicks off on Sunday, February 2, in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The launch marks the beginning of an exciting week for the 8 Pacific Islands beauty contestants as they embark on their journey to become the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands in…
by Georgina Maka’a Delays by the National Hosting Authority (NHA) to provide requested documentation of its spending to auditors are slowing down the auditing of the 2023 Pacific Games spending. NHA is the body the Solomon Islands Government tasked to take charge of the two-week games, which brought in thousands…
Gold Ridge suffers huge financial losses brought on by illegal miners Government recently suspended the issuance of Gold Dealers Licences to individuals in the wake of increased illegal mining at the Gold Ridge mine site in Central Guadalcanal. Will this put a stop to these illegal activities? RONALD TOITO’ONA reports…. …
At the heart of the Solomon Islands–Australia Partnership are enduring relationships,and people and cultural connections. As Pacific nations, we share an ocean and a future – custodians of the vast Blue PacificContinent. The spirit and energy of our people, our ancestries and cultures are our greatestasset. The connections between the First Peoples of…
AAP – Just one woman has been elected in Vanuatu’s election, which looks likely to have returned the previous government prior to the snap poll. A five-way coalition government featuring caretaker prime minister Charlot Salwai, climate advocate Ralph Regenvanu and popular force Jotham Napat is likely to form in the coming…
Over 8,300 Solomon Islanders have to date worked in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme, and this year looks set to be another successful year. That’s according to the Australian High Commission in Honiara. “Sixty-two PALM workers attended the first pre-departure briefing for 2025 last week,” a…
By Georgina Maka’a The Solomon Islands Government has been announced as the platinum sponsor of the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant.The highly anticipated event is set to take place in the Solomon Islands in early February.This year’s event will feature a remarkable lineup of eight contestants representing Papua New Guinea,…
By Georgina Maka’a The application process and visa requirements for Solomon Islanders to travel to Australia remains rigid for now.Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles who visited Honiara over the weekend reiterated that Australia and Solomon Islands Governments have had conversations on the matter.Since 2023, when the current Prime Minister…
Honiara will play host to Australia’s deputy prime minister and defence minister Richard Myles when he lands here for his third visit tomorrow. Myles is flying over from the Mircronesian nation of Kiribati where he had high-level talks with its re-elected government, which closed its country’s borders in 2024 while…
PORT VILA, Vanuatu (AAP) – Voting is beginning in Vanuatu’s snap election, remarkably going ahead despite the turbulence of a severe earthquake one month ago. Thursday has been declared a public holiday in the Pacific nation, when roughly 315,000 registered voters will have the chance to vote to send 52 MPs…
