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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…
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…
Hours after Finance minister Manasseh Sogavare called the media to explain why he granted duty exemptions to certain Chinese business houses, the Opposition came out firing again. Last night, Opposition leader Matthew Wale claimed a total of $199M discretionary exemptions from January to end of September 2024 were granted by…
by Ofani Eremae China and Solomon Islands today agreed to permanently waive visa requirements for each other’s citizens. This follows the signing of an agreement on mutual visa exemption by China’s ambassador to Solomon Islands Cai Weiming and Foreign Affairs minister Peter Shanel Agovaka in Honiara this morning. “Today marks…
Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele today opened Solomon Islands’ new Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), giving his country a permanent presence in the Gulf region. Manele skipped the annual General Assembly Meeting of the United Nations in New York, United States, to travel instead to the UEA to…
Specialist explosive ordnance disposal teams and supporting air assets have started to arrive in the Solomon Islands this week ahead of Operation Render Safe 2024. Over the coming days, more than 250 explosive ordnance specialists, from over eight countries will deploy to Western Province to identify and destroy explosive remnants…
Australia’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Rod Hilton is in Malaita to celebrate its Second Appointed Day and confirm Australia’s steadfast commitment to improving jobs, economic growth and infrastructure for Solomon Islands most populous province. Hilton was warmly welcomed back by Premier Elijah Asilaua and Members of the Malaitan Provincial…
The 82nd anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Guadalcanal held in Honiara yesterday was a powerful reminder of the deep bonds between the people of the United States and the Solomon Islands,” visiting U.S. Ambassador to Solomon Islands Ann Marie Yastishock says. Yastishock travelled from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea,…
SYDNEY – Australia urged China to avoid “coercion” in the Pacific Islands and to be “more transparent in the aid” it provides, acknowledging a “state of permanent contest” between Beijing and the West. Australia’s Pacific minister Pat Conroy said new economic opportunities for Pacific Island nations should not be “accompanied by coercion…
By Ednal Palmer Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele says “demonizing China” is not his concern. When responding to questions from the media on arrival this afternoon if he is concern that some people are demonizing China, Manele said Solomon Islands treats all its partners “equally”. “I am not concern that others…
