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PM Marape arrives in Fiji for the 23rd MSG Leaders’ Summit
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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June 22, 2025
Prime Minister James Marape has arrived at Nausori International Airport in Suva, Republic of Fiji, Sunday 22nd June 2025, to attend the 23rd Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit. He is being accompanied by Papua New Guinea’s Minister...
SI Women in Law Association participates in mental health workshop
Solomon Star
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June 24, 2025
A three-day training workshop on mental health, specifically designed for legal professionals, was completed last week for 24 members of the Solomon Islands Women in Law Association (SIWILA). Facilitated by mental health expert Debra Tuibau, the...
Reforms for legal agencies launched
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 24, 2025
The Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs, Hon. Clezy Rore, has commended the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) for initiating long-overdue reforms aimed at strengthening legal agencies in the country. Hon. Rore made 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),...
Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel amid war on Iran
Asia Pacific Report
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June 17, 2025
RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands Foreign Ministry says five people who completed agriculture training in Israel are safe but unable to come home amid the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The ministry said in a statement that the Solomon Islands...
Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel
RNZ
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June 17, 2025
A fire blazes in the oil depots of Shahran, northwest of Tehran, on 15 June 2025. Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP The Solomon Islands foreign ministry says five people who completed agriculture training in Israel are safe but unable to come home amid the...
PM MARAPE ATTENDS MSG LEADERS SUMMIT IN FIJI
PNG Haus Bung
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June 22, 2025
Prime Minister James Marape has travelled to Fiji on Saturday 21st June,2025, to attend the annual Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders’ Summit. His attendance is to reaffirm Papua New Guinea’s continued leadership and commitment to Melanesian...
MAL Minister Wasi to attend FAO Conference in Rome
The Islandsun
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June 24, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Franklyn Derek Wasi says he is looking forward to attend the 44th session of United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy from 28th June to 4th July 2025. In a...
Solomon Islands Ocean Commitment
Tavuli News
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June 16, 2025
The Solomon Islands has strengthened its pledge to develop sustainable ocean food systems as a pathway to reduce poverty and improve food security. Speaking at the Ocean Action Panel in Nice, Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources Hon....
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...
Melanesian unity must reflect ancestral bonds, says PNG Prime Minister
NBC PNG
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second left) with other leaders of MSG during summit in Fiji (Image: MSG Secretariat) Prime Minister James Marape has urged Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) member states to deepen their unity by drawing on shared...
Solomon Islands Concludes Participation at UNOC3 in Nice, France
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 14, 2025
Nice, France – Saturday 14 June 2025 — The Solomon Islands Government has officially concluded its engagement at the 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (UNOC3), held from 9–13 June 2025...
Solomon Islands to translate UN Oceans Conference Commitments into Action
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 13, 2025
By Fredrick Kusu In Nice, France As the third UN Oceans conference concluded in Nice, France, the Solomon Islands has announced its commitment to implement the agreements and treaties it acceded to at the conference. Joining other member states,...
PNG PM Marape arrives in Fiji for key MSG summit
The Fiji Times
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June 22, 2025
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape arrived in Nausori this afternoon to attend the Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting tomorrow. He was met by the Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Fiji Mrs Kiti Temo and PNG’s...
Solomon Islands Announces New Marine Protected Areas at UNOC3 Side Event
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 12, 2025
Nice, France – Wednesday 11 June 2025 – The Solomon Islands today reaffirmed its strong commitment to ocean conservation during the launch of the “Closing the Ocean Gap” report at a side event of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3),...
PM Manele renews partnership with Kuwait Fund
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele has met with the Acting Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), Mr. Waleed S. Al-Bahar, to re-establish development cooperation and explore new areas of partnership. The...
PM Manele urges inclusive financing for island nations
Solomon Star
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June 18, 2025
Vienna, Austria — Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele has delivered the keynote address during the “Scaling Solutions for Vulnerable Economies” session at the OPEC Fund Development Forum in Vienna, Austria. Prime Minister Manele reaffirmed Solomon...
SOLOMON ISLANDS JOINS THE ASIAN INFRACRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK (AIIB)
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 11, 2025
The Minister of Finance and Treasury, Honourable Harry D. Kuma is pleased to announce that Solomon Islands is now a Regional Member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Solomon Islands first applied to be a member of AIIB in 2023....
PM Manele Urges Inclusive Financing for Island Nations at Global Development Forum
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
Vienna, Austria – Tuesday 17 June 2025 — Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele (MP) delivered the keynote address during the “Scaling Solutions for Vulnerable Economies” session at the OPEC Fund Development Forum in Vienna, Austria. Prime Minister...
PM Manele Meets Saudi Fund Officials on Priority Projects
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele met with the Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, during bilateral discussions in Vienna, Austria, on Monday. The meeting focused on receiving...