Solomon Islands send 80 athletes to train in China to prepare for Pacific Games
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The Solomon Islands is sending 80 athletes to China for training as the country prepares to host the 2023 Pacific Games later this year.
The Solomon Islands is sending 80 athletes to China for training as the country prepares to host the 2023 Pacific Games later this year.
Solomon Telekom Company has been named as an official sponsor of the 2023 Pacific Games Opening Ceremony after signing a deal valued at SBD10.7 million (£1.07 million/$1.31 million/€1.21 million) to become a presenting partner.
Japanese-funded improvements to the Solomon Islands' main airport in its capital Honiara have been completed in time for this year's Pacific Games.
The Pacific Community (SPC), the Pacific Plant Protection (PPPO) and the Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI), have encouraged countries to check their biosecurity travel precautions for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has praised the country's Outrigger and Canoe Federation (SIOCF) for its fundraiser event prior to the 2023 Pacific Games.
Geoff Halston and Julz Westrupp have been named as the Cook Islands’ respective men’s and women’s touch rugby coaches for this year’s Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.
Weightlifter Jenly Tegu Wini and Para shot putter Hellen Saohaga are among nine former and current athletes that have been named as Solomon Islands’ ambassadors for this year’s Pacific Games.
Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers have joined their counterparts from Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to launch a Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP) for the 2023 Pacific Games.
The Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) have released tourism statistics for October to December, 2022, which indicate that they can imitate their numbers to pre-COVID-19 levels in 2019 ahead of the 2023 Pacific Games, when they had 30,000 visitors to the country.
Pacific Games organisers in the Solomon Islands have launched two online guides to the volunteer programme for the 2023 Games.
Ten potential section managers for Fiji took a course with relevant Oceania Sport Education Program (OSEP) qualifications in order to be selected for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Solomon Islands to ensure spending on this year's Pacific Games and the delayed general election are "well controlled to minimise the crowding out of other essential spending".
The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) have signed an agreement with the Solomon Telekom Company Limited that should see coverage of the 2023 Pacific Games broadcast nationwide on TTV’s transmitters and streaming application TTV.
Solomon Islands Minister for Foreign Affairs Jeremiah Manele has revealed that the country will seek assistance from Papua New Guinea as it prepares to stage the Pacific Games later this year.
Solomon Airlines has signed up as the first "presenting sponsor" for the 2023 Pacific Games on the archipelago’ in a deal worth SBD$5 million(£506,000/$609,000/€570,000) in air travel and air freight.