The Mbokonavera III community in Central Honiara will enjoy cleaner streets and safer neighborhoods thanks to a locally-led waste management project supported by the Australian High Commission and Central Honiara Constituency. The project, funded through the Solomon Islands-Australia Community Partnerships…
Honiara, 7 October 2025 – A new cohort of twenty fisheries observers, including one female participant, began a five-week intensive training program yesterday morning at the Sullivans Conference Facility in Rove. The training, facilitated by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine…
On Wednesday October 1, Professor Transform Aqorau, Vice Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU), joined leading international experts at the 2025 Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit (TSSS) in Osaka, Japan. He spoke as part of a high-level panel session on “Seafood…
HONIARA – The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), showcased a suite of national resilience tools at a side event during the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM54). The event, themed “Unpacking Resilience: Strengthening Systems,…
Members of the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network (SICAN) recently endorsed a set of new organisational and governance policies to strengthen and enable their work, supported through funding from the Australian Government. The policies for financial and assessment management,…
Honiara, 27 August 2025 – The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), with support from the Pacific Community (SPC) and New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries’ Te Pātuitanga Ahumoana a Kiwa (Te Patui), successfully convened the Provincial Monitoring, Control,…
Wednesday 27 August 2025, Honiara – The Government of Solomon Islands, through the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE), has called for the creation of a new regional advocacy initiative – the Pacific Water Warrior Mechanism – to strengthen…
Wednesday 27 August 2025, Honiara – The Ninth Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Meeting concluded yesterday in Honiara, with Ministers from 14 Pacific Island countries and territories committing to urgent action to strengthen water and sanitation across the region. The…
BY JOY OFASIA The Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon. Jeremiah Manele, has identified climate change as the single greatest threat to water security in the Pacific region. Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater…
BY JOY OFASIA Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has stressed that clean water and proper sanitation are not just basic needs—but essential pillars of Solomon Islands’ national development and planning. Speaking at the official opening of the 9th Pacific Water and…
BY JOY OFASIA Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele has called the theme of this year’s 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Forum and the 16th Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) Conference and Expo (PWWC25) Conference “a timely reminder”…
The Quality Assurance and Control Unit of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) is collaborating closely with local contractors to oversee and ensure the successful execution of the ongoing improvement works at Friendship Hall. This quality assurance team with the…
