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Solomon Islands ready to welcome Pacific Leaders for PIF: Beck
The Islandsun
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August 19, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Co-Chair of the National Organising Committee, Colin Beck says Solomon Islands is entering a “historic chapter” as it prepares to welcome regional leaders for the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting (PIFLM), scheduled for...
PACIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE AIMS TO DELIVER MORE RESILIENT, LOCALLY-BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOLOMON ISLANDS
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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August 19, 2025
Australia is supporting a delegation of Solomon Islands Government and industry leaders to attend the region’s largest infrastructure conference, focusing on climate resilient, locally-led infrastructure development in the region. The Pacific...
UN calls on Solomon Islands to establish human rights institution
The Islandsun
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August 19, 2025
BY BEN BILUA GIZO The United Nations (UN) is urging Solomon Islands to establish an independent national human rights institution in line with international standards. The call was made as part of the recommendations from the third cycle of the...
Solomon Islands prime minister hails church’s role in national transformation at evangelism event
Christian Daily International
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Jeremiah Manele, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, praises the historic gospel impact at evangelism event Solomon Islands Government The church has been a driving force of “extraordinary transformation” in the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Hon....
Solomon Islands bars China and Taiwan from top Pacific summit
TerraDaily
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Solomon Islands bars China and Taiwan from top Pacific summit by AFP Staff Writers Wellington (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Pacific nation Solomon Islands has said it would exclude non-member nations from a key regional summit in September, a group that...
Rethinking Solomon Islands security
Pacific News Service
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By Dr Transform Aqorau It has been an interesting couple of weeks for Solomon Islands, with stories of policing, weapons, replica weapons and a security agreement with China dominating the local and regional media. Let’s start with the issue of...
Opposition backs Solomon Islands joining Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
The Islandsun
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August 18, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Leader of the Opposition, Matthew Wale has expressed his support for Solomon Islands’ to participate in the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (PIPA), describing the move as an important step for regional parliamentary...
West Honiara highway upgrade progressing ahead of Leaders Forum
The Islandsun
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August 18, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Roadworks on the West Honiara main highway are progressing steadily as contractors push to complete major sections ahead of the upcoming Pacific Islands Leaders Forum next month. The contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction...
SSEC National Mission summit underway in Honiara
Solomon Star
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August 18, 2025
The South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) has commenced its week-long National Mission Summit in Honiara on Sunday, 17th August 2025. The summit brings together an estimated 500 church leaders from SSEC’s six regions across the country to discuss...
PNG, Cook Islands kick off OFC U16 campaign with 1-1 draw in Honiara
The National
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HONIARA: Papua New Guinea and the Cook Islands kicked off their OFC U-16 Men’s Championship 2025 campaigns with a hard-fought 1-1 draw in the opening Group A clash at the Lawson Tama stadium. Papua New Guinea, returning to the tournament for the...
Pacific Resilience Facility set for leaders signing in Honiara
Pacific News Service
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By Sanjeshni Kumar The Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) is poised to become the region’s first Pacific-owned and led international financial institution, with Forum Leaders set to sign its establishing treaty at their meeting in Honiara, Solomon...
FFA receives US$6m from US under Economic Assistance Agreement
Solomon Star
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August 18, 2025
HONIARA: The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) on Friday received the US$60 million payment for 2024, under the Economic Assistance Agreement (EAA) associated with the Treaty on Fisheries with the Government of the United States of...
Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 19 August
RNZ
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August 19, 2025
New Zealand v Samoa, National Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands. Photo: DJ Mills / Phototek.nz Football Defending champions New Zealand, and Group B opposition New Caledonia, recorded wins in their opening pool matches at the Oceania Under-16...
PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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August 19, 2025
Prime Minister Honourable Jeremiah Manele this week received a courtesy call from the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Solomon Islands, Mr. Dirk Wagener. Mr. Wagener was accompanied by Mr. Brian James Williams, Chief of the Financing for...
LOCAL WORKERS CELEBRATE NAHA HEALTH CENTRE MILESTONE
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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August 19, 2025
Nearly 200 Solomon Islands workers have been thanked for their work on the Naha Birthing and Urban Health Centre at a ceremony marking the completion of all major structural works and roofing. Australia’s High Commissioner joined with Solomon...
SI participates in infrastructure conference
Solomon Star
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August 18, 2025
A delegation comprising of Solomon Islands Government officials and industry leaders are attending the region’s largest infrastructure conference, focusing on climate resilient, locally-led infrastructure development in the region. The Australian...
Three new broadband towers on Guadalcanal now fully operational
The Islandsun
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August 19, 2025
BY CHRIS ALEX Solomon Islands has achieved three new communication towers under the Solomon Islands National Broadband Infrastructure Project (SINBIP). The towers are located in Wanderer Bay (M122), Sotona (M124) in West Guadalcanal, and Veuru in...
Climate change drives global mental health crisis in vulnerable communities
Environmental Health News
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August 18, 2025
As the climate crisis deepens, communities from South Africa to the Solomon Islands are struggling with rising rates of anxiety, depression, and trauma, with little access to mental health care. Petro Kotzé reports for Mongabay. In short: Climate...
Red Cross assists families affected by house fires in Guadalcanal
The Islandsun
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August 19, 2025
BY CHRIS ALEX The Solomon Islands Red Cross Society (SIRCS) has stepped in to assist two families who were left homeless after separate house fires destroyed their homes last week at the Tenaru settlement and Linge Village, in the North East...
Solomon Islands stands by PIF partner ban
Pacific News Service
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Solomon Islands Foreign Affairs Minister, Peter Shanel Agovaka, is defending his government’s decision to limit the in-person attendance of dialogue partners at next month’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting (PIFLM) in Honiara. He has...