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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…
Minister of Education, Hon, Tozen Leokana, on Monday, January 13th, 2025 endorsed therelease of the 2025 Solomon Islands Government scholarships recipients list. This was after the Scholarship Selection Committee Chaired by the Permanent Secretary, DrFranco Rodie had completed the selection process, which was based on the assessment ofcandidates’ applications received…
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) on Monday 13 thJanuary 2025, released the National Examination and Placement Results for Years 9,11 and 12. This was after the Minister of Education, Hon. Tozen Leokana signed off the release of theresults. This is in accordance with section 64 (1)…
As of January 2025, Solomon Islanders wishing to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) will need anElectronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), the Office of the British High Commission in Honiara has confirmed. Everyone currently who do not need a visa wishing to travel to the UK – except British and Irish…
By Georgina Maka’a The highly anticipated Miss Pacific Islands 2025 pageant will occur in Solomon Islands in early February.This year’s event will feature a remarkable lineup of eight contestants representing Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Kiribati, Nauru, Cook Islands, Tonga, American Samoa and the Solomon Islands.Speaking at a media conference today…
by Christopher Chevalier and Clive Moore This month marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Solomon Mamaloni, one of the foremost founding fathers of the nation. ‘Solo’, as he was popularly known, was only 56 years old when he died on 11 January 2000 at Central Hospital in Honiara.…
