Chinese specialist helps set up breast-cancer unit at NRH
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services says a breast-surgery specialist deployed by the 5th China Medical Team is building a breast-care unit at the National Referral Hospital and training local doctors.
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Pacific Practitioners Meet at Fiji Organic Farm for Kiwa Learning Exchange
Practitioners from Solomon Islands and five other Pacific countries and territories joined a three-day learning exchange workshop at the Mudrenicagi Organic Learning Farm in Wainunu, Bua, Fiji.
20 hours ago
Government takes ownership of forfeited vessel MV Wealth
The Director of Immigration has forfeited the Chinese vessel MV Wealth under the Immigration Act 2012 following a joint investigation into its entry into Solomon Islands, the Government Communication Unit said.
Yesterday
AFP donates SBD $430,000 in police training equipment to RSIPF
Police said the Australian Federal Police has handed over operational safety and medical equipment to the RSIPF Operational Safety Training Unit at the Tactical Training Centre.
Yesterday
Education ministry lists 14 infrastructure projects for Waimapuru NSS
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development says 14 building projects for Waimapuru National Secondary School are in the 2027 development budget.
22 Oct 2026
Pacific tourism operators report revenue growth but flag flight links as top barrier
A joint report by Pacific Trade Invest Australia and the Pacific Tourism Organisation finds 47 per cent of Pacific tourism operators grew revenue in the past year, with air connectivity the leading constraint.
22 Oct 2026Leatherback nests at Isabel's Haevo beach up 10 per cent a year since harvest stopped
About 381 critically endangered leatherback turtles nest on four community-guarded beaches, a new study estimates. At Haevo in Isabel, nests have risen 10.6 per cent a year since the harvest stopped in 2013; at Sasakolo, protected on and off, they have fallen.
22 Oct 2026 RegionalPNG non-resource growth back near boom-era levels since 2022, economists write
Papua New Guinea's non-resource economy has grown by an average 2.3 per cent a person a year since 2022, close to the 2.8 per cent of the boom years, Stephen Howes, Rubayat Chowdhury and Dorothy Kaupa wrote on the Devpolicy Blog.
21 Oct 2026
The label that sells the recording behind 'Sweet Lullaby' asks to be put in touch with Afunakwa's family
Yesterday
Malaita woman is the voice of the world hit 'Sweet Lullaby'. A new film finds her family and Deep Forest names her
20 Oct 2026
Dance scholar credits Suva childhood for research into Siva Samoa
5 Oct 2026
West Papuan researcher graduates with doctorate on Muyu noken string bags
28 Sep 2026
Solomon Islands Chase First Beach Soccer Title in 13 Years in Tahiti
22 Oct 2026
Samoan-Cook Islands rower Arie Rasmussen Magasiva wins Auckland Pasifika Blues Award
19 Oct 2026
Jerome Leong Returns to Honiara as an ADF Volleyball Coach
8 Oct 2026