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PM Manele and Minister Conroy strengthen Solomon Islands–Australia Partnership

PM Manele and Minister Conroy strengthen Solomon Islands–Australia Partnership

Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele yesterday met with Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Hon. Pat Conroy MP, in Honiara to reaffirm the enduring partnership between Solomon Islands and Australia. The bilateral...

Australia supports mining sector governance in Solomon Islands

Australia supports mining sector governance in Solomon Islands

Australia is making commitments for the long term, under the Solomon Islands –Australia Partnership. Australia’s Minister for Pacific Island Affairs, The Hon Pat Conroy MP, announced a SBD1.6 million package to support improved governance of the...

Australia supports SINU with IT equipment 

Australia supports SINU with IT equipment 

The Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Faculty of Education and Humanities (FEH) and Office of Research and Postgraduate studies (ORPS) has received a technology boost with the delivery of ten laptops, one desktop computer, four...

Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism

Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism

UN Tourism, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), concluded a successful three-day Regional Workshop on Sustainable Gastronomy...

World Bank Team Concluded Mid-Term Review of Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project.

World Bank Team Concluded Mid-Term Review of Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project.

A World Bank team visited Solomon Islands to conduct a Mid-Term Review for the Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2) from June 2 to 11, 2025. During the visit, the team assessed the status of project implementation, discussed...

Australia to unveil $20m package for Solomon Islands ahead of key forum

Australia to unveil $20m package for Solomon Islands ahead of key forum

Australia will provide Solomon Islands with dozens of vehicles and cyber security support to help it host a high-profile meeting of Pacific leaders in September, as well as ramping up funding for aerial surveillance to track illegal fishing...

WELSI delivers first women executive leadership program

WELSI delivers first women executive leadership program

The Women in Executive Leadership Solomon Islands (WELSI) have successfully delivered its first Solomon Islands Senior Executive Women in Leadership Program in Honiara last week. The program was initially devised in partnership with the Solomon...

'Just want to go home': Solomon Islands students stranded in Israel await evacuation

'Just want to go home': Solomon Islands students stranded in Israel await evacuation

Left to right: Leeroy Wate, Diotee Deromae, Christina Eddie, Janice Kotu and Barnabas Firivave. Photo: Solomon Islands Government A group of five students from the Solomon Islands is stranded in southern Israel, with no indication of when they...

Soft Launch of Solomon Islands High Commission Chancery in Suva, Fiji

Soft Launch of Solomon Islands High Commission Chancery in Suva, Fiji

Wednesday 25 June 2025 —This week marked the beginning of operations with the soft launch of the Solomon Islands High Commission Chancery in Suva, Fiji — a significant step towards further consolidating and deepening existing relations between...

PM Manele Reaffirms Solomon Islands’ Commitment to Melanesian Unity and Regional Strength at 23rd MSG Leaders’ Summit

PM Manele Reaffirms Solomon Islands’ Commitment to Melanesian Unity and Regional Strength at 23rd MSG Leaders’ Summit

Tuesday 24 June 2025 —In a world of increasing uncertainty and shifting alliances, Solomon Islands stands firm alongside its Melanesian partners to protect shared interests, promote peaceful coexistence, and uphold our collective voice on the...

Ports assures shipping operators on berthing priorities

Ports assures shipping operators on berthing priorities

SOLOMON Ports has assured local shipping operators that it would ensure local vessels are being prioritised when it comes to using the main domestic wharf at Point Cruz, Honiara. The assurance came after few shipping operators expressed concern...

Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel amid war on Iran

Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel amid war on Iran

RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands Foreign Ministry says five people who completed agriculture training in Israel are safe but unable to come home amid the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The ministry said in a statement that the Solomon Islands...

Sikkim: Second consignment of GI-tagged Dalle Chilly leaves for Solomon Islands

Sikkim: Second consignment of GI-tagged Dalle Chilly leaves for Solomon Islands

Second consignment of GI-tagged Dalle Chilly from Sikkim leaves for Solomon Islands: In yet another milestone for Sikkim’s agricultural exports, a 300-kg consignment of dehydrated Dalle Chillies has been dispatched to the Solomon Islands. This...

Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel

Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel

A fire blazes in the oil depots of Shahran, northwest of Tehran, on 15 June 2025. Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP The Solomon Islands foreign ministry says five people who completed agriculture training in Israel are safe but unable to come home amid the...

Urgent call for multidisciplinary action to transform Solomon Islands’ domestic agrifood systems

Urgent call for multidisciplinary action to transform Solomon Islands’ domestic agrifood systems

A bold and urgent call for multidisciplinary collaboration has set the tone for decisive collective action to transform the Solomon Islands’ domestic agrifood system. Supervising Permanent Secretary (PS) and Deputy Secretary – Corporate (DSC),...

International MSMEs day celebrated in Honiara

International MSMEs day celebrated in Honiara

The International Day of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) was celebrated in Honiara on Friday at the Youth Hub Center. The first of its kind to be celebrated in the country, the event was attended by the Minister of Commerce, Industry,...

Solomon Islands Concludes Participation at UNOC3 in Nice, France

Solomon Islands Concludes Participation at UNOC3 in Nice, France

Nice, France – Saturday 14 June 2025 — The Solomon Islands Government has officially concluded its engagement at the 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (UNOC3), held from 9–13 June 2025...

Solomon Islands to translate UN Oceans Conference Commitments into Action

Solomon Islands to translate UN Oceans Conference Commitments into Action

By Fredrick Kusu In Nice, France As the third UN Oceans conference concluded in Nice, France, the Solomon Islands has announced its commitment to implement the agreements and treaties it acceded to at the conference. Joining other member states,...

Acting PM receives Philippines Ambassador to Solomon Islands

Acting PM receives Philippines Ambassador to Solomon Islands

Acting Prime Minister Hon. Fredrick Kologeto today received a courtesy call from the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Edgar Thomas Auxilian. The non-resident ambassador is based in...

Revolving fund boosts farmers, improve production

Revolving fund boosts farmers, improve production

TEN local farmers from the Western Province have reported significant improvements in their coconut and cocoa plantations after receiving support from the Cocoa and Coconut Revolving Fund (CCRF), an initiative aimed at revitalizing the country’s...

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