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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…
Media were not deliberately excluded from Tuesday’s signing of the Solomon Islands-United States Shiprider Agreement, Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) says. The media could not witness the signing event due to last-minute change in arrangements caused by poor weather and safety concerns, it added. OPMC was responding…
The United States has insisted its newly signed Shiprider Agreement with Solomon Islands is designed to strengthen, not undermine, the country’s sovereignty. And it says the arrangement leaves all law enforcement powers firmly in the hands of Solomon Islands authorities. Speaking after the agreement was signed in Honiara on Tuesday,…
The Australia-supported Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program is working with government and industry to strengthen the safety and resilience of infrastructure across Solomon Islands. Through targeted workshops with local construction contractors and government agencies, participants engaged in practical demonstrations of national social and environmental safeguard requirements, alongside best practice approaches to…
Australia and Keto Seaweed Farm, an indigenous business based in Isabel Province, have signed a new partnership to increase seaweed production on Keto Island in Isabel Province. Over the next 12 months, Keto Seaweed Farm will co-invest with Australia to build a new storage shed, procure additional seaweed farming equipment,…
Government and police are urged to urgently step in and address the growing problem of illegal mining at Gold Ridge mine in central Guadalcanal. Leader of the Independent Members of Parliament and Central Guadalcanal MP, Peter Shanel Agovaka, made the call in the wake of Monday’s disaster at the mine…
by Noah Secomb of AAP in Canberra International funding and financing for the Pacific Islands has largely avoided the worst of aid cuts as Australia leads the way, according to a new report. As competition among the major powers for influence in the key region remains intense, the Lowy Institute’s…
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…
