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Advancing sustainable fisheries, still a costly undertaking for the Pacific
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 11, 2025
By Fredrick Kusu In Nice, France The Pacific fisheries sector has produced 2.6 million tons of tuna, more than half of the global tuna production in 2023. The sector itself has a value approaching 3-billion US dollars and employed more than 25,000...
SI advances maritime sovereignty efforts amid climate change challenges
Solomon Star
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June 10, 2025
NICE, France, – Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele has outlined the government’s ongoing efforts to secure maritime boundaries and strengthen ocean governance amid escalating climate threats at the UN Oceans Conference currently underway in Nice,...
BEHIND THE NEWS | The real fertility crisis
The Fiji Times
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July 6, 2025
As nations across the world react to falling birth rates and ageing populations with growing anxiety, a recent report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) urges a radical shift in how we understand and respond to population change. Rather...
UNOC opportunity for nations to ensure protection, sustainable use of ocean
The Hans India
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June 10, 2025
Nice (France): With five years left to meet the world's "30 by 30" conservation goal and an urgent need to improve the management of marine ecosystems, the underway 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) presents an opportunity for governments to make...
Pacific Island Countries See Australia as Preferred Partner Over China: Research
The Epoch Times
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July 6, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the leader’s retreat during the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Vava’u, Tonga, on Aug. 29, 2024. AAP Image/Lukas Coch Pacific Island countries (PIC) welcome Beijing’s contribution to...
The Ofu and Bita’ama Conservation of Biodiversity project
Solomon Star
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June 8, 2025
In the heart of North Malaita, the community of Ofu in the Bita’ama region are setting a powerful example for Solomon Islands, the Pacific region and the world on biodiversity conservation through the successful implementation of a community-led...
The Ofu and Bitaama Conservation of Biodiversity Project that Motivates North Malaita
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 8, 2025
North Malaita, Solomon Islands – May 2025 — In the heart of North Malaita, the community of Ofu in the Bita’ama region are setting a powerful example for Solomon Islands, the Pacific region and the world on biodiversity conservation through the...
A Pacific Call To Action On World Environment And Oceans Day
Scoop
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Sunday, 8 June 2025, 7:46 am Press Release: UNDP 06 June 2025 As we mark World Environment Day on 5 June and World Oceans Day on 8 June, Pacific Island nations are sounding the alarm. This year’s World Environment Day theme, “Ending Plastic...
‘Wearing my flag on my heart’: Cook Islander championing climate action in Samoa
Cook Island News
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June 7, 2025
Cook Islander Ewan Cameron at SPREP headquarters in Apia, Samoa. TALAIA MIKA/25060631 For Cook Islander Ewan Cameron, living and working abroad doesn’t mean losing touch with home – in fact, it’s the opposite. Based in Apia, Samoa, with his...
8 graduate from Chinese Universities
Solomon Star
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July 4, 2025
Eight Solomon Islands students have recently graduated from various universities across China in June 2025. On Friday, 20th June, the Solomon Islands Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Barrett Salato, attended the graduation...
SI JOINS AIIB
Solomon Star
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July 3, 2025
Solomon Islands has now become a member of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). This came after Minister of Finance and Treasury Harry D. Kuma received the official Certificate of Membership this month from the President of AIIB in...
Commentary: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Ohio Star
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July 5, 2025
by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...
Mataliki coach disappointed over Fiji football training ground
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 5, 2025
Tonga’s Mataliki Coach Kilifi Uele openly shared his disappointment regarding the Bidesi park allocated to his team for the OFC Women’s Nations Cup training. This was raised during Wednesday’s press conference at the Fiji Football headquarters in...
Ramofafia calls for reforms to address financial gap faced by small Islands and least developed countries
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 2, 2025
Solomon Islands call for urgent reforms and greater commitment at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) to address the financing gap and challenges faced by Small Islands Developing States (SIDs) and Least...
Solomon Airlines Domestic Fare Increase
Tavuli News
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July 2, 2025
Honiara, 2 July 2025 – Effective immediately, Solomon Airlines has implemented a 5% increase to all domestic airfares across the Solomon Islands. “This adjustment is essential to address rising operational costs and to help ensure the continuation...
PM launches trade fair highlighting vision of inclusive transformation
Solomon Star
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July 2, 2025
After more than a decade in silence, the business community roared back to life as Prime Minister (PM)Jeremiah Manele officially opened the 2025 National Trade Fair on Wednesday in Honiara. The event is being staged at the Solomon Islands National...
Global eco forum in China's Guiyang highlights green transformation
Xinhua News Agency
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GUIYANG, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2025, China's only national-level international forum dedicated to ecological civilization, kicked off on Saturday in Guiyang, the capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province. This year's...
National trade fair more than just an exhibition
The Islandsun
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July 3, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The 2025 National Trade Fair (NTF) is more than just an exhibition. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele voiced this when he officially opened the 2025 Annual National Trade Fair at the FOPA Village, Solomon Islands National University...
China donates livelihood supplies to Malaita
Solomon Star
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July 3, 2025
THE Chinese Embassy in Solomon Islands has donated a range of livelihood supplies to the Malaita Province, in a ceremony held at the JQY Enterprise Storage area at Lungga, North Central Guadalcanal on Wednesday. The donation which included an...
2025 national trade fair underway
Solomon Star
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July 2, 2025
The 2025 Annual National Trade Fair was officially opened yesterday and is underway at the Solomon Islands National University Park or commonly known as FOPA village, Panatina, East Honiara. The theme for the event is: ‘Trade for transformation-...