News April 2017

MPs Receive In-depth Training on the SDGs and Risk Development
The National Parliament of Solomon Islands in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with funding support from the Government of New Zealand is hosting a two-day Seminar for Members of the 10th Parliament on the topic: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Risk Development. In opening the Seminar, the Speaker of the National Parliament Honourable Ajilon... more
Solomon Islands London Mission Opens
The London-based Solomon Islands Mission to the United Kingdom opened its doors for diplomatic and consular services as of yesterday. The Solomon Islands High Commission in London marks a new chapter in the historical relationship between Solomon Islands and the United Kingdom. The London Mission is the third Solomon Islands diplomatic Mission in Europe which includes Brussels in... more
Solomon Islands To Host 5th PIDF Summit In August
As the current Chair of the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF), Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says Solomon Islands is looking forward to hosting the 5th Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Summit in August this year. Hon Sogavare met a visiting team from the Suva-based PIDF Secretariat led by the Deputy Director General, Peni Lomaloma in Honiara today. Mr... more
Refugees May Remain in PNG if US Resettlement Fails
Asylum seekers sent by Australia to a Papua New Guinea (PNG) camp will be resettled there if they are not offered a place in the United States, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said on Sunday. Canberra sends asylum seekers who try to enter the country to offshore processing centres in PNG’s Manus Island and Nauru, blocking them from resettling in Australia. The conservative... more
HDTV Heading Into Solomon Islands Via Av-Comm
Av-Comm has signed a multi-year agreement to deliver HDTV content for Telekom Television in the Solomon Islands via Intelsat’s C Band capacity on IS-805 at 169 degrees East. The project includes the use of several new complementary technologies to drive an unmatched level of bandwidth utilization, designed to maximize the number of television channels on the content delivery... more
Government Supports TSM for Women in Parliament
Government Secures Multi-Million Dollar Funding for Tina Hydro Project
Solomon Islands Seeks Balance in Relations With Indonesia and West Papua
By GRANT WYETH FOR THE DIPLOMAT
Australia funds Special Development Centre (SDC) Kaikai House for Students with Special Needs (Guadalcanal)
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Call to Reduce Common Nuisance in Honiara.
By GEOFFREY MAURIASI USP, Lacuala Campus, Fiji
Anti Corruption Bill
By CHARLES KOULI Gizo, Western Province
Lessons from France World Cup Victory
By JAQUE FRIEDMAN New Zealand
Papua New Guinea beers won in Berlin 2018
By SERGEY MOSIN Papua New Guinea
Soccer is great!
By STEVE K. AKACHI Capetown, South Africa

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