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by Charley Piringi Pacific Island Ministers for Disaster Risk Management have reaffirmed their collective commitment to stronger political leadership, coordinated regional action, and inclusive, community-driven resilience across the Blue Pacific Continent. Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week, the Ministers adopted the Koror Declaration, a renewed pledge to strengthen disaster preparedness…
From Transparency Solomon Islands In an Extra-Ordinary Gazette (No. 136) dated 1st October 2025, two Legal Notices were issued. One by the Director of Environment and Conservation Joseph Hurutarau [Legal Notice 419] and the second one by Hon Polycarp Paea, the Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology [Legal Notice 420). These Legal…
𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘥𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘳 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has begun its inquiry into the 2026 Appropriation Bill 2025, and national budget estimates, kicking off a series of hearings aimed at ensuring fiscal responsibility and government transparency. In his opening remarks, the Committee chairman and Member of Parliament for Central Honiara…
𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢’𝘢 Former national footballer Moffat Konofilia fronted a packed Magistrate’s Court in Honiara this morning, but his highly publicised sedition case was adjourned to Monday, 17 November. The adjournment was to allow the court to address a question raised at this morning’s appearance as to whether Magistrate Tearo…
by Georgina Maka’a The Government has suspended the Commissioner of Lands, Alan McNeil, In-Depth Solomons has learned. The decision was conveyed to McNeil today in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service, Luke Cheka. In-Depth Solomons has seen a copy of the letter. Cheka…
by Charley Piringi COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellow Solomon Islands has renewed its call for global partners to fully support and capitalize the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF), a landmark Pacific-led, owned, and managed funding mechanism to strengthen regional resilience to climate change and disasters. Delivering remarks in Belem, Brazil this morning,…
by Charley Piringi COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellow As the COP30 Climate Summit opens this week in Belém, Brazil, the Pacific Islands have once again seized the global stage, not as bystanders, but as moral leaders demanding that the world act urgently on climate change. For the nations scattered across the…
A week-long regional gathering on marine conservation, threatened species, and women’s leadership is currently underway in Honiara. The gathering brings together leaders, experts, and community champions from across the Coral Triangle and Pacific to discuss issues concerning the region. The event combines multiple high-level meetings under the Coral Triangle Initiative…
PRIVATE VIEW| by Frank WetaraCanberra Ave, Lynnfield, Auckland, New Zealand What prompted the Solomon Islands to sever a 36-year-old relationship with Taiwan and establish diplomatic ties with China? In October 2019, Honiara’s shift towards Beijing attracted considerable attention from its traditional partners, leaders in the Pacific region, and Solomon…
by Charley Piringi Pacific leaders wrapped up the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM54) in Honiara over the weekend by adopting a communiqué that reaffirms climate change as the greatest threat to the region and outlines steps to strengthen peace, resilience, and unity. The meeting highlighted rising sea levels,…
