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Communities in Malaita Province are a step closer to getting a safer and more reliable Fiu River Bridge, with the Solomon Islands Government officially launching the tender for its long-awaited replacement. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) has called for bids to construct the new bridge under the Second Solomon…
A leading Solomon Islands international maritime law expert says the Ship Rider Agreement does not compromise the nation’s sovereignty or violate international law. Professor Transform Aqorau, Vice Chancellor of Solomon Islands National University (SINU) and one of the Pacific’s foremost authorities on the Law of the Sea, said Ship Rider…
By Georgina Maka’a As the world marks two decades of honoring those who protect our natural heritage, Solomon Islands rangers have been described as “the essential health workers of our planet,” standing firm against rising seas, biodiversity loss and the relentless pressures of a changing climate. Eddie Huitarau, Programme Manager…
A Solomon Islands academic has dismissed claims that the recently signed Shiprider Agreement with the United States undermines the country’s sovereignty, arguing that critics are conflating political concerns with legal principles. Dr Joe Foukona, an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa whose…
The Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project has another protected area under its fold as the Lukulobere Tribe celebrates the official declaration of 563 hectares of forest this week. The declaration event was held in Honiara on 29 July, with a community event in Choiseul to follow. Chief Jeffrey Damusoe Sipuda says…
by Georgina Maka’a The Premier of Central Islands Province has appealed to the National Government and international partners to support his vision of transforming Tulagi into the heritage capital of Solomon Islands – a place where the nation’s history, culture, faith and tourism converge. Premier Kenneth Sagupari made the call…
Leader of the Independent Group, Peter Shanel Agovaka, has called on the Government to immediately table the recently signed Ship Rider Agreement in Parliament, saying it should be the first test of Prime Minister Matthew Wale’s commitment to greater parliamentary oversight of security agreements. Agovaka welcomed the Prime Minister’s recent…
by Georgina Maka’a The maritime security agreement Solomon Islands signed with the United States on Tuesday will be made publicly available, Government says. “The document contains no non-disclosure provisions preventing either country from releasing its contents,” a statement the Government issued tonight said. The Prime Minister’s Office further clarified Cabinet…
Gold Ridge Mining Ltd (GRML) says the person whose body was recovered from the debris this morning following Monday’s ground collapse entered the mine site illegally. Police identified the man as Ashley Olo from the nearby community of Mamasa in central Guadalcanal. His body has been handed back to relatives…
The Government today signed its much-debated maritime security agreement with the United States aboard a visiting U.S. Coast Guard vessel in Honiara, but the ceremony took place behind closed doors after the media were unexpectedly excluded. Journalists had initially been advised they would be allowed to cover the signing of…
