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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…
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…
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…
The government is committed to creating a vibrant private sector through regulatory and legislative changes. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele said in his remarks at the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (SICCI) 8th Business Excellence Awards (BEA) over the weekend. He emphasized that creating an improved landscape for vibrant…
Solomon Islands’ tourism sector continues to grow, with the latest announcement of support from Australia for its partnership with Kagata Village Surf Camp. Established in 2010, Kagata is a community-led surf and sport fishing tourism lodge in northwest Isabel province. Its pristine environment, vibrant marine life, and world-class surfing and…
Goldie College National Secondary School in Western Province now has a new boys’ dormitory, valued at SBD1.8 million, thanks to the partnership between the governments of Australia, New Zealand and Solomon Islands through the Education Sector Support Program (ESSP). The education infrastructure was officially handed over to the national secondary…
“Visible from space, the mega coral is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, is believed to be about 300 years old, storing a record of ocean conditions from past centuries.” A group of scientists working aboard a research vessel in the southwest Pacific Ocean has discovered the world’s largest…
LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale has described Finance Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s press conference on Sunday as extremely disappointing but not surprising. Wale said instead of apologizing for deceiving the nation about his hypocrisy and bad decisions in granting almost $200m in exemptions from January to September 2024, Sogavare instead sought…
