Solomon Islands joins regional leaders in Palau for Disaster Risk Management Ministers Meeting

Solomon Islands Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Polycarp Paea, is in Palau this week attending the Second Pacific Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Ministers Meeting, joining regional leaders in a...

Solomon Islands to build humanitarian warehouse in Malaita

The Solomon Islands will soon establish a provincial humanitarian warehouse in Auki, Malaita Province, as part of a regional effort to boost disaster preparedness across the Pacific. The project is part of the Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing...

GNUT committed to protecting the environment

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele said that the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) remains committed to protecting the environment. The PM assures the local media regarding concerns about mining operations,...

Climate change threatens price stability 

A new study by the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has revealed that climate change poses a growing threat to the country’s economic stability, particularly through its impact on inflation and food prices. The research, which analyzed data...

Fair Recruitment Key to Sustainable Reintegration – Says Prime Minister Manele at PLMAM 2025 Opening

HONIARA, Solomon Islands – The Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) 2025 officially opened this morning in Honiara, Solomon Islands, bringing together Pacific labour mobility stakeholders from across the Pacific and beyond under the...

Pacific leaders meet in Palau to strengthen regional disaster resilience

Pacific Island leaders, ministers, and disaster officials have convened in Palau this week for the Second Pacific Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Ministers Meeting, a high-level regional dialogue aimed at strengthening political leadership and...

Fiji grants market access for Solomon Islands kava

The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) has confirmed that market access for kava from the Solomon Islands has been officially granted, marking a major milestone in strengthening regional trade and cooperation. In a statement, BAF said the...

Climate Change Threatens Cambodia’s Hard-Won Progress Toward Malaria Elimination

A malaria screening point at the Cambodian-Thai border in Pailin, before the border closure. Photo by Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan. PHNOM PENH— Cambodia, long hailed as one of Asia’s leading success stories in the fight against malaria, is facing a new...

Climate change; no longer just an environmental issue

BY LORETTA B MANELE Rex Ramofafia, Minister of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) says climate change is no longer just an environmental issue, but a a key economic issue as well. He made the remark when delivering the keynote address at the “2nd...

Former Fiji Ambassador to UN calls for real Climate Finance, not empty promises

As the world gears up for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, Pacific Island nations are demanding action, not words, to address what they describe as a climate-induced infrastructure and finance crisis threatening...

Pacific Labour Mobility annual meeting in Honiara

HONIARA – Labour mobility stakeholders from across the Pacific and beyond will gather in Honiara from 3-6 November 2025 for the Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) 2025, hosted under the theme “Sustainable Reintegration Begins with Fair...

Solomon Islands strengthens national response to UXO challenge

The Government of Solomon Islands reaffirmed its commitment to addressing the serious and ongoing threat posed by Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) during the National UXO Coordination Meeting held this week. Jimson Tanangada, Minister for Police,...

COP30: NZ’s lack of climate ambition undermines global goals and free-trade agreements

As nations prepare to gather in Brazil next week for this year’s United Nations climate summit COP30, only a third have so far submitted the required update on their emissions-reduction commitments, known as Nationally Determined Contributions...

Solomon Islands can have a military, but it shouldn’t need one

Solomon Islands is again considering the need to establish a national military force. Yet while this is a sovereign decision, there should be better ways to meet the country’s security needs. Regional solutions, such as the Pacific Policing...

Solomon Islands wins bid to host 2026 Ministers meet as 34th Council of Tourism Ministers Meeting Concludes in Vava’u, Tonga

The Solomon Islands won the bid to host the 2026 Council of Tourism Ministers Meeting. The outcome was finalised at the 34th Council of Tourism Ministers Meeting convened in Vava’u, Tonga, reaffirming regional commitment to sustainable tourism and...

Solomon Islands Successfully Performs Its First Holmium Laser Lithotripsy for Bladder Stones— Minimally Invasive Technology Elevates Local Urology to a New Level

Recently, at the China-aided National Referral Hospital Comprehensive Medical Center (CMC) in Solomon Islands, Dr. Chen Xulong of the 4th China Medical Team collaborated with local surgeon Dr Augustine Melly successfully performed the first...

Reducing preventable diseases paramount: Boara

BY BEN BILUA Gizo DIRECTOR of the Western Province Health Authority, Dickson Boara, says efforts to reduce preventable diseases are vital to improve public health and ease pressure on the country’s health system. Speaking during the No Open...

USP student journalists win Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution reports

Pacific Media Watch A feature story authored by a student journalist highlighting the harm plastic pollution poses to human health in Fiji — with risks expected to rise significantly if robust action is not taken soon — has won the Online category...

Team from World Bank Visits Su’u and Bira Construction Sites 

By RODRICK DESURI Auki A technical mission team from the World Bank visited the Su’u Harbour and Bira bridges construction sites yesterday to assess firsthand progress and review the implementation activities of the project. The delivery of the...

ACIAR research to empower small-scale fishing communities in Solomon Islands

ACIAR For many coastal communities in the Solomon Islands, fishing is not only an economic activity but also deeply tied to culture, food security and community wellbeing. However, escalating environmental threats like sea level rise, coastal...