The Year 6 to Year 7 (Form 1) placement results for the 2026 academic year has been released. This follows the approval issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), Dr Franco Rodie. The announcement was made on Monday, 15 December 2025, in accordance with the Year 6…
Opposition Leader Matthew Wale has expressed with deep concern the increasing number of overseas trips undertaken by government ministers this year which have contributed to their lack of performance in office. Wale raised his concern in Parliament on Monday morning during the Sine Die Motion moved by the Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele. “I would also…
The National Steering Committee (NSC) and National Technical Working Group (NTWG) commends milestones achieved by the Knowledge, Action, Sustainability for Resilient Villages (SOLKAS) Project since its inception in February 2024. The NTWG was conducted back-to-back with the NSC held at CAM Enterprise at Mataniko Plaza in Honiara on the 11th and 12th December 2025 respectively.…
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has successfully concluded its week-long End-Year Review and Finalization of the proposed Structural and Functional Review 2025, marking an important milestone in strengthening the Commission’s institutional readiness for the years ahead. The review program was conducted from Monday 8 to Friday 12 December 2025, bringing together all SIEC staff…
The Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) led by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has failed to deliver some of the government business priorities it outlines at the start of the year. During his Sine Die speech in Parliament on Monday morning the Opposition Leader Matthew Wale said, he had observed over the past months…
Following the successful first six months of implementing the ‘Addressim Klaemet Change for Strogim Komuniti long Hapi Isles (ASK-SI) Project’, five communities in the Central Islands Province—Koilovala, Bokolonga, Hanuvaivine, Gairavu, and Voloa, are making significant progress toward environmental sustainability and improved financial stability. Through this livelihood-centered initiative, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign…
The Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) in partnership with the Auki-based Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the Malaita Law Enforcement Unit are currently implementing Operation Festive Shield. This is to maintain peace, safety, and order throughout Malaita during the festive season, a statement issued by the MPG said. The operation will be extended into…
The need for education to adapt to the realities of climate change and human mobility has been emphasised. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), Dr. Franco Rodie stressed this at the opening of the two-day regional Experience – Sharing Workshop on Integrating Climate Change and Human Mobility into the…
The Malaita Provincial Government, together with the people of Malaita, including the Member of the Provincial Assembly and the people of Ward 10, strongly condemns the alleged physical assault of a Chinese employee of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) at the Kolofe campsite in North Malaita on 9 December 2025. This disturbing incident…
Landowners who invite mining companies to prospect and extract minerals such as gold, bauxite, nickel and platinum will now have the opportunity to better understand the extractive industry through a newly developed mining toolkit. The initiative is led by the Development Services Exchange (DSE) in partnership with the International Centre for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD),…