USAID-supported scholarship applications open now for Solomon Islanders

The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is happy to announce the application window is open for the 2023 cohort of USAID’s PROJECT Governance scholarships for graduate students from the Pacific Islands.  Applicants from Solomon Islands are welcome to apply online through the link: www.eastwestcenter.org/apply/project-governance-graduate-fellowship-application  Applications will close on…

Solomon Islands Passport Service in Australia remains operational

The issuing of Solomon Islands passports at the Solomon Islands Consulate General Office in Brisbane, Australia remains operational.  Solomon Islands nationals wishing to renew their expired passports can do so at the Consulate Office. The Solomon Islands Brisbane Consulate General established the Solomon Islands Passport Service in September 2021 during the time of COVID-19 when…

REJECTED PROJECTS BACK!

Fiu Bridge construction and Auki Township Road tar-sealing projects back on the agenda following the installation of the new Fini Government THE re-design and construction of Fiu Bridge near Auki and tar-sealing of Auki township roads – long rejected by the MARA administration – are back on the agenda of Premier Martin Fini’s new government.…

‘ABDUCTION’ PROBE

THE Deputy Clerk of the Malaita Provincial Assembly, Florence Idufoa, was allegedly abducted on Monday night, the eve of the vote of no confidence in the MARA government leadership, Auki police have revealed. The incident occurred around 11pm on Monday night. Four masked men, possibly armed, burst into Ms Idufoa’s Office on the first floor…

MHMS thanks China Medical Team

IN a brief ceremony this week at the China Embassy in Honiara to acknowledge and appreciate the work of the first China Medical Team (CMT) to Solomon Islands, Minister of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), Dr Culwick Togamana thanked the medical practitioners for a ‘job well done’ as they prepare to return to their home…