HONIARA, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — Solomon Islands’ incoming representative to the United Nations wants to ensure Pacific countries gain control over their ocean resources. Transform Aqorau, who was the original chief executive of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, helped turn the group of Pacific Island nations into a force to be reckoned […]
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Boat with bullet hole washed up on Ulawa island in Solomon Islands laden with ‘huge’ load of cocaine, cannabis
HONIARA, 04 NOVEMBER 2019 (ISLAND SUN) —An aluminium boat laden with narcotics and scarred with bullet hole has washed up ashore at Rupo beach, Ulawa island, Makira-Ulawa province in Solomon Islands. Report reaching the paper says the shocked villagers, last Thursday, discovered the trashed boat with marijuana and white powder, which they believed to be […]
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Our support still remains, says U.S
HONIARA, 04 NOVEMBER 2019 (SOLOMON STAR) —-The United States says it’s committed to fund infrastructure projects here, including Bina Harbour in Malaita, despite the China switch. Port Moresby-based US ambassador to Solomon Islands, Catherine Ebert-Gray made the assurance during an interview with the Solomon Star. It was her fifteenth and final visit here before her […]
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Uneasy waters
BRISBANE, 01 NOVEMBER 2019 (UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND) — A team of UQ researchers is working tirelessly to find an environmental engineering solution for a very human problem in the Solomon Islands, where the lives of entire communities are in turmoil thanks to drastic sea level rises. Dr Simon Albert wants to solve an urgent, catastrophic […]
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Wale queries PM Sogavare over deputy post
HONIARA, 30 OCTOBER 2019 (SOLOMON STAR/ISLAND SUN) — Solomon Islands Opposition leader Matthew Wale has questioned the Prime Minister over the long delay in the appointment of his deputy. The DPM post became vacant after John Maneniaru was sacked from the post on 30 September. Since the sacking the government has not appointed a replacement […]
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Australian foreign minister Marise Payne visit Solomon Islands
HONIARA, 30 OCTOBER 2019 (SOLOMON STAR) — Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator Marise Payne arrives in Honiara today to take forward initiatives under Australia’s Pacific Step-up and reaffirm Australia’s longstanding commitment to Solomon Islands. This will be Minister Payne’s second visit to Solomon Islands in less than a year. It […]