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Security Supervisor Dies in Honiara Airport Incident
Tavuli News
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July 16, 2025
With deep regret, it has been confirmed that Mr. Ngabdullah, an Indonesian national and Security Supervisor with China Railway Construction Engineering Group Company Limited (CRCEG), passed away on 8 July 2025 at the National Referral Hospital....
UNICEF nutrition project to transform school meals and farming practices
The Islandsun
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July 15, 2025
BY BEN BILUA GIZO SCHOOLS in Western and Isabel provinces are set to benefit from a comprehensive initiative under the Nutrition Improvement through School Meal Project, aimed at strengthening school infrastructure, enhancing farming techniques...
Pacific Panel Tackles Security, Peace Amid Rising Challenges
Tavuli News
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July 16, 2025
At the Pacific Regional and National Security Conference, the Ocean of Peace panel focused on forging a secure, cohesive, and resilient Blue Pacific region. Leaders from diplomacy, academia, and governance discussed collective responses to...
Solomon Islands Students Graduate from Chinese Universities
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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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...
Solomon Islands Prime Minister fires chief of staff over Vietnam deal
Pacific Media Network
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has sacked his chief of staff, Mack Faddean Aoraunisaka, after an "unauthorised" deal with two Vietnamese firms last week. RNZ Pacific understands that Aoraunisaka "coerced" Commerce, Industry, Labour...
Solomon Islands PM fires chief of staff over unauthorised Vietnam deal
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has sacked his chief of staff Mack Faddean Aoraunisaka after an "unauthorised" deal with two Vietnamese firms last week. RNZ Pacific...
Health, Education, and Infrastructure Likely to Remain Focus of future scholarships
The Islandsun
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July 7, 2025
BY INDY MAEALASIA SCHOLARSHIP focus areas in health, education, and infrastructure are expected to remain unchanged in 2027, as skills gaps in these critical sectors are not likely to be filled quickly according SITESA (Solomon Islands Tertiary...
UNICEF visits key partners in Western province
The Islandsun
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July 15, 2025
BY BEN BILUA GIZO A high-level delegation led by UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in Solomon Islands and Japan’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands visited key partners of the Nutrition Improvement through School Meals Project upon their arrival in Gizo...
Japanese Ambassador lauds role of communities in School Meals Project
The Islandsun
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July 15, 2025
BY BEN BILUA GIZO Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Keiichi Higuchi has expressed his heartfelt appreciation to schools and communities involved in nutrition improvement through the School Meals Project. Speaking to the media...
I thought I had a two-day hangover but it was actually MALARIA - I fought for my life in hospital after missing a common symptom
Daily Mail
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July 9, 2025
Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By ALEX DOYLE Published: 06:55 EDT, 9 July 2025 | Updated: 07:00 EDT, 9 July 2025 A TV star has revealed how he fought for his life in hospital after confusing malaria for a two-day hangover....
Solomon Islands Media Professionals Gain Insightful Experience Of China’s Media, Culture, And Mesmeric Growth
Scoop
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Four media professionals from the Solomon Islands (SI) successfully completed a two-week seminar on Full-Media Communication for “Belt and Road Countries” in China, describing the training program as an eye-opener as cooperation between the two...
Health Ministry confirms diarrhoeal outbreak in Honiara and Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 3, 2025
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) continues to actively monitor the increasing trend in diarrhoeal disease through its weekly syndromic surveillance system, and has confirmed diarrhoeal outbreaks in Honiara and Guadalcanal...
The health crisis pushed by a drug crisis
Newsroom
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July 7, 2025
Six months after Fiji declared an HIV outbreak, driven largely by a growing methamphetamine crisis, UNAIDS’ Pacific adviser says other countries around the region are at risk of following suit. “It does worry me. We have all the risk factors in...
Australia provides SBD60 million to support roads upgrade in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 26, 2025
Australia is listening and responding to Solomon Islands priorities – investing in road transport infrastructure to boost economic opportunities for local businesses and create jobs for the people of Solomon Islands. Together with the Minister for...
Police Investigate Alleged Murder in Green Valley, Honiara
Tavuli News
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July 4, 2025
Naha police are investigating an alleged murder incident that took place at Green Valley in Honiara on 30 June 2025. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Jimson Robo, said that the deceased was allegedly accused of...
USD3M ‘School Meal Nutrition Project’
Solomon Star
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July 4, 2025
A new multi-million-dollar school meal nutrition project has been officially launched to improve student health and strengthen local agriculture in Western Province and Isabel. Funded by the Government of Japan through UNICEF, the $3 million USD...
Court seeks update on MP Marau’s medical report
The Islandsun
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July 4, 2025
BY ROMINAH FAKA The Magistrate Court has directed defence for defendant MP William Bradford Marau to provide an updated medical report at the next court mention date. At hearing yesterday, defence informed court that it had no update on the...
Urgent call for multidisciplinary action to transform Solomon Islands’ domestic agrifood systems
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 20, 2025
A bold and urgent call for multidisciplinary collaboration has set the tone for decisive collective action to transform the Solomon Islands’ domestic agrifood system. Supervising Permanent Secretary (PS) and Deputy Secretary – Corporate (DSC),...
Acting PM receives Philippines Ambassador to Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
Acting Prime Minister Hon. Fredrick Kologeto today received a courtesy call from the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Edgar Thomas Auxilian. The non-resident ambassador is based in...
Pacific leaders unite behind call for regional security and shared peace
Matangi Tonga Online
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July 15, 2025
Senior Pacific political leaders have called for urgent regional unity, a stronger homegrown security framework, and peace rooted in Pacific values during the first session of the 2025 Pacific Regional and National Security Conference being held...