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As the year concludes, I want to reflect on what the Solomon Islands-Australia Partnershiphas achieved in 2024, delivering on Solomon Islands priorities across all sectors and allprovinces. OUR PEOPLEOur close and enduring partnership starts at the top, with Australia’s Deputy Prime MinisterRichard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Minister for…
Journalists from across the Asia-Pacific region are participating in the highly prestigious 2024 Jefferson Fellowships study tour. The program, titled “Partnerships, Postures, and Perils: Assessing East Asia’s Security and Economic Environments,” runs from December 1–18, 2024, with sessions held in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi; Manila, Philippines; and Taipei, Taiwan. Among this year’s Fellows is…
Advanced training aimed at strengthening Child-friendly Justice and Policing in the Solomon Islands ended successfully today in Honiara. The weeklong training, hosted by UNICEF and attended by 20 key officials from the police and justice sectors was to improve the capacity of these officials, in addressing the needs of child…
LEADER of the Opposition Matthew Wale has branded as shocking revelations that OUR Party President Jimson Tanangada and the son of Finance Minister Manasseh Sogavare had set up an offshore company in Singapore with a Chinese partner. Wale has urged OUR Party leaders to come clean over the true purpose…
KEY POINTS: by Gina Maka’a, Ofani Eremae, Charley Piringi, and Lamantha Lano Just two months before Solomon Islands went to the polls this year, OUR Party President Jimson Fiau Tanangada and the son of Finance Minister Manasseh Sogavare set up a mysterious offshore shell company in Singapore in tandem with…
The Disabled People’s Association of Solomon Islands (DPASI) recently led a workshop, with Australian support, to engage with government and reduce barriers for people with disabilities accessing social and economic opportunities. Ministry focal points were provided with practical steps to implement the government’s National Disability Policy that aims to increase…
Local business LF & Sons Enterprises has announced it is expanding cocoa supplies and improving market access to support livelihoods in remote areas of Malaita. For the first time, Malaita’s largest cocoa buyer will partner with Australia to increase export volumes and strengthen its supply chain across the remote Northeast…
Australia has announced a major new initiative: the Solomon Islands – Australia Media Sector Partnership (SIAMSP), which will provide SBD$11 million over four years to support a free and vibrant media sector in the Solomon Islands. Australia, through ABC International Development, will partner with media outlets across Solomon Islands, particularly…
The Lilisiana community in Solomon Islands’ Malaita Province is facing an urgent and heartbreaking reality as rising sea levels continue to claim their sacred burial grounds. Three rows of graves have already been lost, and now 22 more graves in the fourth row are at critical risk. This devastating loss…
