Grasshopper Politics: The Troubling Reality of Ministerial Reshuffles

Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) expresses deep concern over the increasing instability within the country’s governance system, as evidenced by the repeated reshuffling of key ministerial portfolios, particularly within the Ministry of Finance...

Reserve Bank of New Zealand hosts 40th Meeting of South Pacific Governors – Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua

The 40th meeting of the South Pacific Central Bank Governors took place on 22-24 October 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand, bringing together the Governors and senior representatives of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Reserve Bank of Fiji, Reserve Bank...

JICA supports Herbarium with scanner 

Solomon Islands only National Herbarium has received a boost to its ongoing work plans to increasing its working capability with a scanner recently with assistance by Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA). The Japanese International...

Solomon Islanders call for sustainable, community-driven tourism

The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in partnership with Tourism Solomons and Solomon Islands Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT), has released the results of the 2024 Community Attitude Survey (CAS), providing insight into how Solomon...

What women want:

BY Safa Fanaian, Grant Walton and John Cox Across Papua New Guinea, women face distinct challenges in accessing and managing clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH). While some studies have examined these issues (see here and here), the key...

Good ideas but lack of partnership

BY LORETTA B MANELE Prof Paresh Narayan, of Monash University and APAEA (Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association) says the problem they face in developing countries is having good ideas but not implementing them simply because they they are not...

What Daniel Suidani’s death means for China’s influence in the Solomon Islands

The past few decades have seen China’s increasing efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific Island countries (PIC). Such efforts have sparked decisive resistance from leaders like Daniel Suidani. Unfortunately, Suidani, passed away a few days...

MINISTER KUMA JOINS ‘SIPFP’

The Solomon Islands People First Party (SIPFP), a ‘Coalition Partner’ to the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) in Solomon Islands, has formally welcomed the Minister for Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration, Hon Harry...

Solomon Islands critic of China, Daniel Suidani, dies on eve of protest court ruling

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Daniel Suidani, a former school teacher turned Solomon Islands provincial leader who won international recognition for his defiance of China, has died in Honiara, his friends said on Tuesday. As premier of...

Solomon Islands dangerously dependent on extractive industries: PM Manele

BY NED GAGAHE Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele warns that Solomon Islands remains dangerously dependent on extractive industries such as logging, fishing, and mining—sectors that take from the country’s land and sea but fail to create lasting...

GNUT initiates cost-benefit analysis on proposed federal system

The Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT), through the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC), is initiating a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) on the proposed Federal System of Government for Solomon Islands. This important...

Rising unemployment in Solomon Islands

Dear Editor – Unemployment is a serious concern in our country, especially among young people who have recently graduated and those who have dropped out of school. Many people are without jobs, and the economic growth also slows down, which...

Minister Agovaka attends 14th conference of the Pacific Community in Tonga

Solomon Islands was represented at the Fourteenth Conference of the Pacific Community (SPC), held on 17 October 2025 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka attended the conference which...

Project to safeguard coastal future

THE quiet work of protecting Fiji’s coastlines has taken a big step forward. For Fiji, the end of the MACBLUE Project feels less like a finish line and more like a moment to look back at how far we have come in caring for our coastlines. With the...

Solomon Islands media boycott Chinese foreign minister’s visit to Honiara

Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) has issued a boycott notice to its members for the PRC Press event scheduled for Thursday. MASI President, Georgina Kekea said MASI is disappointed that media is only allowed limited access for the...

Albanese Government Backs Seven Arts Projects to Showcase Australian Talent on the Global Stage

The Albanese Labor Government has announced support for seven Australian performance and exhibition projects through the International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund, highlighting the country’s creative excellence on the global stage. Aiming to...

Solomon Islands Plans Its Own Military Force Against Background of Growing Allegiance to Beijing

This picture taken on April 21, 2024, shows an islander walking past the recently-built National Stadium, gifted by the Chinese Communist Party, in Honiara, capital city of the Solomon Islands. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images Only three Pacific...

Solomon Islands Pledge and Marshall Islands ratifies PRF Treaty

Pacific leadership and solidarity were on full display this week as the Government of Solomon Islands and Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) announced a pledge of USD$1 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF). Pledges to the PRF now...

New Zealand 'underwhelming' heading into COP30

China, the world’s largest emitter, and major fossil fuel exporters such as Iran, Russia and Australia, are among states that have updated their NDCs, but they have been criticised for lack of ambition. Likewise, New Zealand, which announced in...

Australia and SINU Unite to Elevate Teacher Education Across Solomon Islands

A new partnership between the Australian Government and Solomon Islands National University (SINU) is set to transform teacher education and strengthen the quality of primary schooling across the country. Launched at SINU’s Panatina Campus, the...