Latest News Archive December 2016

Gizo hospital in the far Western Province of Solomon Islands will be open for urgent surgery from Monday 16th January until Friday 27th January 2017 to try to help deal with extra burden placed on surgeons in the Solomon Islands with the recent unexpected leave of two surgeons.

Thirty-nine Solomon Islanders have been granted prestigious Australia Awards Scholarships to study at universities in Australia and the Pacific in 2017.

Solomon Islands new High Commissioner to Australia, His Excellency Collin David Beck, presented his Letters of Introduction to the Prime Minister of Australia, Hon Malcolm Turnbull yesterday at the Office of the Prime Minister in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Building in Sydney.

An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred 68km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands at 4.18am local time.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced the launch this week of the Solomon Islands Professional Women's Network—the first association of its kind in the Solomon Islands to drive economic growth and reduce poverty by promoting equal opportunities for women.

The Solomon Islands tourism industry has closed off Q3 in positive mode with international visitor arrival figures for the nine-month period January – September showing a solid 4.5 per cent increase over the corresponding period in 2015.

Prime Minister Sogavare has described bilateral discussions with the Australian Foreign Minister, Hon Julie Bishop and her delegation in Honiara yesterday as ‘very fruitful.’