ANZ has announced the launch of the ANZ Asian Business Centre in Fiji, marking a first for Fiji and the Pacific. The Centre will provide personalised service and attention to the business needs of ANZ’s Asian business customers. “Customers will receive the dedicated support of our highly experienced Asian Banking Relationship Managers,” said ANZ…
A new era began for Fulton College last Wednesday as approximately 600 people gathered to celebrate the opening of the Sabeto campus by General Conference president Dr Ted Wilson and Fiji Education minister Filipe Bole. The $FJD20 million construction is almost complete, with classes scheduled to start March 10. The buildings, including staff and student…
An additional one million dollars has been allocated for renewable energy activities in the Cook Islands, Kiribati and Samoa under PIGGAREP+, a Pacific regional project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through renewable energy activities. The formal agreement for this was signed at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Samoa last week.…
National heritage site managers from around the region meet in Suva this week for a regional training course on world heritage sites management in the Pacific. The weeklong training, the first of its kind in the Pacific is funded by the Government of Australia through the UNESCO/Australian Funds-in-Trust. It is organized by the Pacific Heritage…
Rugby league’s biggest names, including Greg Inglis, are set to commit to next year’s NRL Nines after the stunning success of the inaugural event. Due to the late season finish of last year’s World Cup a number of NRL superstars were rested from this year’s Auckland tournament. But players will have plenty more time…
The ACT Brumbies are to bring Wallabies centre Tevita Kuridrani straight into the starting line-up for their Super Rugby season opener after the end of his five-game ban for a dangerous tackle. And Andrew Smith may make a rare appearance at inside centre for Saturday’s clash against the Queensland Reds at Canberra Stadium. Kuridrani…
Papua New Guinea is building up to the defence of the gold medal they won at last year’s Mini Pacific Games in Wallis and Futuna. Amoa, dubbed the giant killers, after that performance has announced a strong 30-men training squad to immediately start preparations. The PNG Volleyball Federation has its sights set on the…
Last week I attended the opening of the Mock Parliament debate about Constituency Development Funds. It was great to see so many women in the Parliament Chamber. As a representative of one of Solomon Islands Development Partners and a guest in Solomon Islands over the past two years, I have attending many meetings focusing on…
The planned HFA coaches and administrators workshop in Partnership with Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) that should kick start yesterday at the SIFF Academy Conference room has been postponed to a later date. This was due to low turn out from club members. Organisers said the workshop has been deferred for a later date and…
Five schools in Honiara have been earmarked to undergo the pilot program of the Chess in Schools (CiS) program for this year. This was confirmed by the Solomon Islands Chess Federation (SICF) secretary general, Michael Qwanafia yesterday. The five schools are Chung Wah School, Woodford International, Perch primary school, King George secondary school, Tenaru secondary…