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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…
Solomon Islands’ tourism sector continues to grow, with the latest announcement of support from Australia for its partnership with Kagata Village Surf Camp. Established in 2010, Kagata is a community-led surf and sport fishing tourism lodge in northwest Isabel province. Its pristine environment, vibrant marine life, and world-class surfing and…
Hours after Finance minister Manasseh Sogavare called the media to explain why he granted duty exemptions to certain Chinese business houses, the Opposition came out firing again. Last night, Opposition leader Matthew Wale claimed a total of $199M discretionary exemptions from January to end of September 2024 were granted by…
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in partnership with the Government of the Solomon Islands is moving forward with efforts to develop the country’s tourism industry. A statement from MCC coinciding with today’s World Tourism Day, says a recent meeting in Honiara by the MCC-Solomon Islands Threshold Program (SITHP) Tourism Investment…
The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Choylin Yim Douglas, and Director of Culture, Denis Marita, will be traveling tomorrow ahead of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) set for June in Hawai’i, United States. They will attend the 40th Council of Pacific Arts Meeting in Honolulu before…
