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By EDDIE OSIFELO PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has defended the ‘leaked’ Security Cooperation draft agreement with Peoples Republic of China that the two countries are expected to sign soon. This came after overseas media assumed the...

By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs and External Trade has closed the Solomon Islands diplomatic mission in London. Minister Jeremiah Manele confirmed this when he presented his speech on the debate into the $4 billion...

By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and External Trade confirms the ‘leaked’ Security  Cooperation draft on social media is not final. Permanent Secretary, Collin Beck told media yesterday said until they have a signed document...

By EDDIE OSIFELO Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink has rejected assertion that US haven’t paid much attention to Solomon Islands since they removed their embassy in 1993. Ambassador Kritenbrink...

BY BEN BILUAGizo SECRETARY General of Pacific Islands Forum says 1.5 degrees Celsius global target to reduce global emission is not just a number but a survival roadmap for Pacific Island states. Henry Puna made the...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A Bail application for a Papua New Guinea doctor, his wife and two others accused of entering the Solomon Islands without any exemption has been refused by the Magistrate Court yesterday. Principal Magistrate...

BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II Team Solomon will receive a major boost when it comes to preparations for the Pacific Games 2023 under the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI). This was following the signed memorandum...

BY BEN BILUAGizo Officials of Civil Society Organisation (CSO) present during the Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) say that the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) needs inclusive governance mechanism to achieve its objectives. Speaking to...

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA UNITED Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) spokesperson Jacob Rumbiak describes the recent seven-person delegation from Solomon Islands to West Papua as ‘a visitation by robbers’. The recent delegation visit to West Papua...

A TOP American admiral has criticised a potential security pact between China and Solomon Islands, describing it as a “secret” arrangement worrying the US and its partners. Australia has warned that a Chinese naval base...