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Indigenous Australian businesses are building connections with local businesses to support a growing cultural and eco-tourism sector in Solomon Islands. Elisha Kissick, a proud Quandamooka woman and founder of Yura Tours on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), Australia, met with twelve local tourism businesses. They are; Iumi Tours, Go Solomons Travel…
The Noro Roads Improvement, a flagship investment under the Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2), continues to make strong progress, with the work now 85 percent complete. Funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID), the work is delivering significant upgrades that…
As Solomon Islands prepares to host the 54th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Honiara this September, Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele received two major gifts in a single day. On 25 August, the Prime Minister was handed over two separate fleets of vehicles — one from Australia and one…
Solomon Islands Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Matthew Wale says reports of the increasing number of mentally ill persons in the country are ‘worrying’. Mr Wale was responding to a media statement from the Head of Psychiatry at the National Referral Hospital that the number of mentally ill persons in…
by Georgina Maka’a The 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers Forum and the 16th Pacific Water and Wastewater Conference and Expo opened today in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The week-long regional event brings together water and wastewater utility professionals, policymakers, researchers, young professionals, and development partners from across the Pacific and…
For the second time in a year, an abandoned narco-sub has washed ashore in the Solomon Islands, baffling authorities and residents alike. Reported byGina Maka’a, In-Depth SolomonsDan McGarry, OCCRP It has been three weeks since a narco-sub was spotted drifting in the turquoise waters off this remote Pacific nation, and…
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has provided SBD 200,000 in support of the 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Forum and the 16th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) Conference and Expo (PWWC25). The event will be hosted by the Solomon Islands from 25–29 August 2025 at the…
In Solomon Islands, rugby has long been seen as a male-dominated sport, but thanks to the RISE Rugby program, supported by Oceania Rugby and the Australian Government through PacificAus Sports, that perception is changing, and women like Ebony Finau, Florence Nodoro, and Freda Matangi are leading the way. The RISE…
A new report, Building Together – five years of infrastructure partnership between Solomon Islands and Australia,has been officially launched this week by Solomon Islands Minister for National Planning and Development Coordination, Rexon Ramofafia and Australia’s Deputy High Commissioner Andrew Schloeffel during the Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025, in Brisbane. The report provides…
From Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) As Solomon Islands is making preparation for the arrival of the Pacific Island Forum Leaders for the 54th PIF Leaders Meeting, Transparency Solomon Islands reminds leaders of their commitment to TEIENIWA VISION 2020. The Teieniwa Vision was put in place 4-5th February 2020 at the gathering in…
