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Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare yesterday participated in a ground-breaking ceremony in Seghe, Marovo, in Western Province to mark the beginning of upgrade works at the Seghe Airfield. The ceremony was also attended by the High Commissioners of New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Minister of Communications and Aviation,…
By Sinclair Dinnen and Lincy Pedeverana It’s been ten years since the publication of the Justice Delivered Locally (JDL) in Solomon Islands research, documenting justice experiences in rural communities across five of the country’s nine provinces. A lot has changed in the intervening decade, including the ending of the 14-year-long RAMSI (Regional…
By Georgina Maka’a Head of the body tasked to oversee the Pacific Games preparation says he wasn’t aware that the company that was awarded the contract to supply toilet papers for the games was a barbershop. Dr Jimmie Rodgers, chair of the National Hosting Authority (NHA), was responding to questions…
Solomon Islands Opposition leader Matthew Wale has echoed disappointment with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s statement on the right to self-determination at the United Nation’s General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Sogavare last week addressed UNGA, stating that Solomon Islands reaffirmed the right to self-determination as enshrined under the UN Charter.…
By Charlie Piringi THE United States should show respect to the Pacific region’s leaders rather than lecturing them, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said. Sogavare arrived back in the capital Honiara today after attending the UNGA last week. Prime Minister Sogavare should attend this week’s United States-Pacific islands summit…
Solomon Islands has today made history at the United Nations by becoming one of the firstcountries to sign up for the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable use of MaritimeBiological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, BBNJ.BBNJ is an international legal framework/treaty that compliments existing internationalframeworks (UNCLOS, Convention on Biodiversity)…
By Charley Piringi The Australia Pacific Security College concludes its successful security weeklong training in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Led by the esteemed educators Professor Dave Peebles and Dr. Henry Ivarature, from the Australian National University (ANU), the program aimed to enhance regional security cooperation and capacity-building efforts in the Pacific…
Preparatory work for new Air Traffic Control Towers at Honiara and Munda International Airports have commenced. This work is being financed under the Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2), which is implemented by the Ministry of Communication and Aviation and supported by the World Bank. A statement from…
Former Malaita premier Daniel Suidani and his adviser Celsus Talifilu arrived back over the weekend after six months abroad. Suidani spoke briefly to In-depth Solomons in a Q&A about their trip, the countries they’ve visited and who they met: 1) In-depth Solomons: You have been away from the Solomons for six months; a lot of us…
By Georgina Maka’a Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has again heaped praise on China and its leadership, as he farewelled the communist nation’s first ambassador to Solomon Islands, Li Ming, on Tuesday night. Ming is returning to Beijing after completing his three-year tenure in Honiara. Sogavare controversially switched the country’s diplomatic ties…
