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By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Jeremiah Manele has rejected any notion that the security treaty with China calls or provides for the establishment of a PRC military or naval base. This...

BY BEN BILUAGizo SOLTUNA has secured markets in Australia and New Zealand, thanks to the PACER Plus Agreement. In an interview with Island Sun Gizo earlier this week, Trade Commissioner, Barrett Salato said Soltuna is enjoying...

THE Labour Mobility Oversight Committee (LMOC) has an important role in Labour mobility. LMOC is the governance body to oversight the Labour Mobility Unit and its role is to keep Cabinet and the National Trade...

Australia will provide grant funding for the installation of six new 3G/4G telecommunications towers across three provinces: four in the Shortland Islands in Western Province, one in Isabel Province, and one in Malaita Province. This...

Australia’s flagship Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program (SIIP) has agreed to fast track redevelopment of six markets across Malaita, Guadalcanal, Honiara, Isabel and Western Province, improve provincial ports and launch a new SIIP website. SIIP is...

Gov’t told to discontinue security treaty with China BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO WOMEN’S group leaders in Honiara yesterday urged Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to discontinue the security treat his government is negotiating with China. “Sogavare must cancel...

Is China’s Investment A Debt Trap? -  A Comparative Findings Based on the Investment in the United States, Europe and China FRANK S. BILAUPAINE       Honiara Good morning again fellow Solomon Islanders and keen readers of this...

AUSTRALIA says it is committed to the security and prosperity of the Pacific and wider Indo-Pacific region.  Solomon Islands is a partner and close friend of Australia, underpinned by a transparent, honest relationship of mutual...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA ACTING Australian High Commissioner Sally-Anne Vincent has announced that Australia through its Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) has awarded 125 students to undertake studies in selected Rural Training Centres. Ms Vincent said out...

Australia and Solomon Islands held their 4th Bilateral Security Dialogue virtually on November 16, committing to deepening our security partnership, including in areas such as policing, border and cyber security. Australia and Solomon Islands are...