Pacific Ocean portal launched

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The newly redeveloped Pacific Ocean Portal was launched at Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara yesterday. It is a transformative and user-friendly digital platform that offers open access to historical, real-time and predictive ocean...

Cohort 6 of women leaders, aspiring leaders end leadership program

The second delivery of the Solomon Islands Senior Executive Women in Leadership Program for this year 2025 was held last week in Honiara. The program was initially devised in partnership with the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

Minister Agovaka meets Japanese counterpart in Tokyo

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka on Wednesday morning met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, His Excellency Takeshi Iwaya, in Tokyo. Minister Agovaka is leading the Solomon Islands delegation to...

Solomon Islands claims Oceania Futsal Cup

Solomon Islands has won the Oceania men's futsal cup. Photo: Kirk Corrie / Phototek.nz Solomon Islands has won the Oceania men's futsal cup. The Kurukuru beat Tuvalu 7-0 on Wednesdsay in their final game of an unbeaten campaign. Earlier, New...

Solomon Islands Establishes Diplomatic Relations with North Macedonia

New York, Wednesday 24 September 2025 – Solomon Islands has formalized diplomatic relations with the Republic of North Macedonia. The official signing of the joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations by Minister of Foreign...

Travel course Cleared for take-off

The Solomon Islands National University (SINU) is preparing to roll out new training in travel management and hotel and restaurant reservations. Under the Solomon Islands – Australia partnership, this initiative has been developed to respond to a...

Solomon Islands Crowned OFC Futsal Men’s Cup 2025 Champions With Dominant Win Over Tuvalu

Press Release – OFC Tuvalu, who required only a draw to deny them the trophy, defended bravely and showed spirit, but the champions quality proved too much in the end. 24 September 2025 The Solomon Islands Kurukuru left no doubt in sealing the OFC...

PROBE INTO POTENTIAL THEFT OF NEARLY $180M CASH TO BUY GOLD

POLICE are investigating and hunting for three local middle men who have been issued with nearly $180 million in cash to buy gold in Honiara but have yet to show up with any gold, according to informed sources. The money was allegedly paid by...

How to watch Rinderknech vs Vacherot: live stream Shanghai Masters final 2025 online, start time, what TV channel?

Watch Shanghai Masters 2025 live streams, as Arthur Rinderknech takes on Valentin Vacherot in a blockbuster cousin vs cousin final on Sunday, October 12. They're due on Stadium Court not before 4.30pm BST / 11.45am ET. If you put money on...

Pacific Ocean Portal relaunched: A new era for ocean data access and regional resilience

The Pacific Community (SPC), through the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac), proudly announces the launch of its revamped Pacific Ocean Portal—a transformative digital platform designed to empower Pacific Island nations...

China making inroads after pushback in key Solomon Islands province

International relations Trump's US pullout gives China room to expand its aid and infrastructure support Residents of Malaita, the Solomon Islands, ride a truck in the provincial capital of Auki. Many of Malaita Island's roads are difficult to...

Solomon Islands crowned OFC Futsal Men’s Cup 2025 champions

The Solomon Islands Kurukuru have claimed the OFC Futsal Men’s Cup 2025, overpowering Tuvalu 7–0 in a decisive final at a packed Vodafone Arena in Suva yesterday, while hosts Fiji have settled for bronze. Calvin Do’oro and captain Charlie Otainao...

Revamped Pacific Ocean portal launched 

A newly revamped Pacific Ocean Portal was officially launched on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward in regional efforts to improve ocean data accessibility, transparency, and collaboration across Pacific Islands Nation. The portal,...

Pacific ECOP network builds momentum

The Pacific Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Network is gaining momentum since its launch in 2021, with young Pacific Islanders increasingly benefiting from the opportunities it provides. The Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science...

Solomon Islands clinch OFC Futsal Men’s Cup with emphatic win over scoreless Tuvalu

The Solomon Islands Kurukuru have been crowned champions of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Futsal Men’s Cup 2025 after sweeping aside Tuvalu 7-0 in Suva. With the title on the line, the Kurukuru produced a commanding display at Vodafone...

Pacific urged to strengthen unity in safeguarding the ocean

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Director General of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP), Noan Pakop, has called on Pacific nations for collective action to protect the region’s ocean, describing it as both “our identity and our...

Pacific nations' UN Palestine vote 'goes against common sense' - expert

While most of the world is calling for a two-state solution, Pacific nations are going against the tide on the Israel-Palestine issue, and one international politics expert believes their position risks undermining the principal of...

Pacific to IMO: Fast-track the Net-Zero fund or fail

Pacific leaders are calling for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to fast-track setting up its Net-Zero Fund (NZF), warning that without urgent action the Organisation will fail to deliver on its own commitment to contribute to a Just...

The Coral Triangle – the epicentre of marine diversity

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Threads WhatsApp Telegram Ascarosepion pfefferi is also known as Pfeffer’s flamboyant cuttlefish. – Photo by Jenny Huang/Wikimedia Commons I NOW know why the late Shell professor of Environmental Studies at Unimas Dr...

Qatar and Solomon Islands sign air services agreement

The State of Qatar signed an Open Skies Air Services Agreement with the Solomon Islands on the sidelines of the 42nd Session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly. ‏The agreement was signed by Mohamed bin Faleh Al Hajri,...