Solomon Islands, Soramitsu team up for Bokolo Cash CBDC proof-of-concept
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands has launched a proof-of-concept for a central bank digital currency called Bokolo Cash. Japanese blockchain Soramitsu is providing support. Bokolo Cash will be worth one Solomon Islands dollar. Project participants can use it in retail settings in the island…#centralbank #bokolocash #soramitsu #solomonislands #honiara #hyperledger #iroha #fearlesswallet #manassehsogavare #papuanewguinea (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experience and impact of gender-based violence in Honiara, Solomon Islands: a cross-sectional study recording violence over a 12-month period - Chadwick V, Kluckow H, Mapstone K, Whiffin V, Ryder B, Rimon M, Hebala H, Hill S, Martiniuk AL.
This study aims to collect data on the experience and impact of gender-based violence experienced by women attending health clinics in Honiara, Solomon Islands. METHOD: Any woman over the age of 18 who attended a local health clinic in H... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Chinese party delegation visits Solomon Islands, Chinese state media reports
File photo: Flags of Solomon Islands and China flutter near the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A Chinese communist party delegation has visited the Solomon Islands, calling the "flourishing"…#solomonislands #tiananmengate #beijing #pacific #communistparty #guoyezhou #manassehsogavare #sogavare #liqiang #pacificarchipelago (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US'disappointed' Solomon Islands leader Sogavare to miss White House summit
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. is disappointed Solomon Islands Prime…#manassehsogavare #ungeneralassembly #newyorkcity #sydney #solomonislands #pacificislands #pacificislandsforum #australian #abc #jeremiahmanele (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Australia says it will send more police to Solomon Islands, extend mission
Australia said on Sunday it would send additional police to the Solomon Islands to boost security for the Pacific Games in November, keeping them there until June to assist with a general election. The extended Australian police presence comes after the Solomon Islands upgraded ties with China,…#solomonislands #pacificgames #australian #newzealand #pacificislands #fiji #papuanewguinea #manassehsogavare #taiwan #beijing (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Australian police to stay in Solomon Islands until 2024 election
Australian police will stay in the Solomon Islands to provide security for a regional sporting event in November and national elections in 2024, the Pacific Island nation's government has said. The number of officers will increase before November's Pacific Games, when 5,000 athletes from two dozen…#australian #solomonislands #pacificisland #pacificgames #anthonyalbanese #fiji #newzealand #richardmarles #beijing #sogavare (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Solomon Islands newspaper pledged to promote ‘truth about China’s generosity’ in return for funding
Local media in Solomon Islands have been accused of compromising their independence by entering into agreements with Chinese news organisations and accepting thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment from the Chinese embassy. Since the Solomon Islands government signed a high-profile security…#solomonislands #pacific #solomonstar #pacificislands #honiara #occrp #aubreybelford #belford #guardian #iphones (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Solomon Islands leader visits Beijing, highlighting the U.S.-China rivalry in South Pacific
Leaders of the Solomon Islands and China promised Monday to expand relations that have fueled unease in Washington and Australia about Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the country’s No. 2 leader, Premier Li Qiang. Sogavare…#solomonislands #beijing #southpacific #manassehsogavare #xijinping #liqiang #sogavare #taiwan #communistparty #kiribati (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Zealand to maintain 15 defense personnel in Solomon Islands
New Zealand's government on Monday said it will maintain defense personnel in the Solomon Islands at the request of local authorities until at least Dec. 31, 2023, extending a peacekeeping mission by as much as seven months. New Zealand deployed defense force staff to the Pacific country in late…#newzealand #solomonislands #pacific #fiji #papuanewguinea (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How the Rise of Timor-Leste ’s Aquaculture Sector Is a Blueprint for Other Small Island Nations
Fish farmers harvest genetically improved farmed tilapia. Credit: Shandy SantosBy Jharendu PantPENANG, Malaysia, May 3 2023 (IPS) For Timor-Leste, as with most other islands in the Pacific, fortunes are to be found in fish – an equity food available to all regardless of status.
Nevertheless, the island is highly exposed to the impacts of climate change, hampering domestic food production and contributing to Timor-Leste’s ranking of 110th out of 121 countries for malnutrition. Meanwhile, the country is highly dependent on imported foods – including aquatic foods.
But a national strategy to prioritise the sustainable ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jharendu Pant Tags: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Development & Aid Economy & Trade Environment Gender Headlines Health Labour Sustainability TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
As US-China rivalry heats up in the Pacific Islands, the press gets stuck in the middle
Earlier this month—on the same day that officials went public about a Chinese spy balloon flying over the US, triggering weeks of media coverage—the US officially opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands, an archipelago nation in the southern Pacific. The embassy was itself a response to…#solomonislands #pacific #dorothywickham #solomons #pacificgames #taiwan #western #katelyons #pacificforguardians #australian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anti-China Leader Ousted in Solomon Islands, ABC Reports
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why US-China Competition Is Heating Up in the Pacific
Competition is heating up between China and the US in the southern Pacific, with each seeking to build influence among island nations that haven’t received much superpower attention since World War II. The stakes rose in 2022 when the Solomon Islands signed a security accord with Beijing — a first…#solomon #primeminister #solomons #pacific #minister #zealand #solomonislanders #superpowerattention #buildinfluence #beijing (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
People urged to move to high ground after quake near Solomon Islands By Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - People are advised to move to higher ground immediately, said a spokesperson for the Solomon Islands' prime minister after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the region near the islands. "People are advised to move to higher ground now," said the spokesman from Prime Minister…#solomonislands #islandsprime #primeminister #magnitudeearthquake #earthquakestruck #ministermanasseh #manassehsogavare #coloradosprings #sydney #solomon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Solomon Islands -USGS By Reuters
(Reuters) - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake with a depth of 10 km struck Malango in Solomon islands on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States continues to oppose any military action that destabilizes…#geologicalsurvey #struckmalango #malango #solomon #geological #survey #coloradosprings #keithcoffman #andrewhay #haycolorado (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
