Economy

215 Graduate from USP Solomon Islands Campus in Honiara

The University of the South Pacific conferred certificates, diplomas, bachelor's and master's degrees on 215 students at a ceremony at Friendship Hall in Honiara on 25 September.

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Graduates at the USP Solomon Islands Campus graduation ceremony in Honiara. Source: USP

Tuvalu and Ireland outline plans for 2027 fossil fuel transition conference

Tuvalu and Ireland set out their vision for the Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, to be co-hosted in Tuvalu in 2027, at a side event of the UN General Assembly in New York on 25 September.

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Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers with certificates alongside U.S. Marines and officials at the new EOD facility at Hell's Point.

Politics

US Marines hand over UXO training classroom to police at Hell's Point

The U.S. Embassy said a classroom provided by the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific's Humanitarian Mine Action programme has been handed to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force at Hell's Point for demining and EOD training.

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USP Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council and Interim Management Group Siosiua Utoikamanu delivers the graduation address at the USP Solomon Islands Campus graduation at Friendship Hall in Honiara.

Economy

USP Pro-Chancellor tells Honiara graduates they are regionalism in action

Speaking at the USP Solomon Islands Graduation Ceremony at Friendship Hall on 25 September, Pro-Chancellor Siosiua Utoikamanu said graduates carry the next chapter of Pacific regionalism.

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Sports

Coaches and Umpires Trained in Sports First Aid

Coaches and officials in Solomon Islands have completed first aid and sports trainer training delivered by St John Ambulance Solomon Islands and an Australian Defence Force accredited trainer, the Australian High Commission said.

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Nauru's Government encourages the population to join weekly exercise sessions

Economy

Solomon Islands moves above Pacific life expectancy average, economists write

Average life expectancy in Pacific Island countries has risen to 68.8 years from 52.7 in 1960, and Solomon Islands has moved from below the regional average to above it, Albert Prabhakar Gudapati and Stephen Howes wrote.

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Cocoa drier at Ngoragora village near Kirakira, Makira/Ulawa Province, supported by SIART, the release said.

Politics

Ministry says 14,665 farmers supported under SIART project

A SIART media release on the government portal says grant agreements worth SBD38.08 million are in place with 96 producer organisations in three provinces.

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Politics

Health ministry asks public to use city clinics for non-emergency care

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has advised people with coughs, fever, diarrhoea and other common conditions to go to their nearest clinic rather than the National Referral Hospital Emergency Department.

24 Sep 2026 Politics

Two RSIPF officers travel to UK for police leadership programme

Two Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers left for the United Kingdom on 25 September for a month-long International Leadership Programme run by the UK College of Policing, the British High Commission said.

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