Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka on Wednesday morning met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, His Excellency Takeshi Iwaya, in Tokyo. Minister Agovaka is leading the Solomon Islands delegation to Japan for the National Day celebrations of Solomon Islands at the ongoing 2025 Osaka Expo. During the meeting, Minister Agovaka expressed…
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Team Leader for ocean management and literacy, Tony Kabasi, has reiterated the call by Pacific Islands Forum Leaders for Pacific countries to complete their outstanding maritime boundaries. In the Communique of 54th Pacific Islands Forum held in Solomon Islands from 8-12 September 2025, building on the landmark 2021 and…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) joined regional counterparts in Apia, Samoa, in September for the Strengthening Public and Private Collaboration to Address Climate Change Impacts in the Pacific training course. The programme brought together participants from national governments, chambers of commerce, state-owned enterprises, NGOs, and private companies to explore ways to enhance public–private…
A TOTAL of 13 pot plants owned by Solo Environ Beautification (SEB) have been vandalised on Tuesday night in East Honiara with all the newly planted Bougainvillea flowers stolen. Most of the pot plants are located between the SIFF Academy to Solo Gas Refuel Station within the Burns Creek Area. This disgraceful act has been described by…
The Pacific region, including Solomon Islands, is projected to face more frequent and intense category 4 and 5 tropical cyclones in the future, according to a new scientific study. Moleni Tuuholoaki, an Ocean Science Officer at the Pacific Community (SPC), presented the findings during a side event at the 2nd Pacific Islands Ocean Conference in…
The Fracture Clinic at the Orthopaedic Ward, National Referral Hospital (NRH), was reopened on Monday 29th after a two-week renovation. This had restored vital services for patients requiring bone and joint care and critical trauma services for patients across Solomon Island. The refurbishment marks the first major upgrade to the clinic in nearly a decade. Dr Patrick Hou’asia,…
The Minister of Finance and Treasury Trevor Mahaga has declared an eight (8%) percent crediting rate for all Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) members on Tuesday 30th September 2025. This is for the Financial Year ending 30th June 2025. The occasion to declare the annual interest rate was held at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara around lunch time. This is a positive crediting rate…
The U.S. Embassy in Honiara supported the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office in completing its third National Emergency Response Team (NERT) induction training September 22-28, 2025, through a two-day field training exercise at Ginger Beach, in partnership with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s (USINDOPACOM)Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM). During the field training exercise,…
The second Pacific Islands Ocean Conference 2025 is underway in Honiara this week. It was officially opened on Monday, bringing together around 350 participants from across the region to strengthen collaboration on sustainable ocean governance. The conference which runs from Monday to Friday is convened by the Pacific Community (SPC) through its Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science (PCCOS), in partnership with…
THE supply of homemade alcohol, locally known as JJ Hot-stuff from Bougainville into the Shortland Islands, Western Province has eased down, after law enforcement authorities stepped up border surveillance. Communities in the Shortlands told the Solomon Star that the once frequent flow of the potent drink—along with other spirits and liquor—has slowed significantly in recent months and years. They attributed this to an increased…