Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
THE publisher of the Solomon Islands Star newspaper has called for two regional media organisations located in Fiji to be relocated to Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital.
3wan.net (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Solomons opens up telecommunications industry The Solomon Islands government says it's opening up the country's telecommunications industry to competition in a bid to reduce the high cost of mobile phone and other services. The prime minister, Derek Sikua, says he's ending the 15-year monopoly held by Solomon Telekom to allow new operators to invest in the country. He says the state-owned carrier's...
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Joanna Siherheti; 6/5/08 There is nothing like walking through Honiara to come across a young man standing around the busy street with an owl. It turned out that the young man, who caused public stir on Friday with his rare catch of an owl, was actually waiting for a potential buyer. In an interview with the [...]
Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
HONIARA, Solomon Islands -- Forget the euro and the yen. In this South Pacific archipelago, people are pouring their savings into another appreciating currency: dolphin teeth. Shaped like miniature ivory jalapeños, the teeth of spinner dolphins have facilitated commerce in parts of the Solomon...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
SolomonsWell after getting home on Easter Sunday and then popping into reserves on Tuesday to see what time and where to parade it was mentioned that they needed a Transport Supervisor to go to the Solomons with them. Soooo within 2 days of being back in Australia plans were already underway for me to be off again within a week or two for four to five months. I got to stay in town for the ch
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
14/4/08 Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) is concerned at the involvement of politicians in assessing the export value of logs. In press statement the TSI states that there are well-authenticated stories circulating in Honiara that the government is losing SBD$1m to SBD $2m a week in revenue because the price on which export duty is paid on [...]
Physorg (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
On the one year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands that killed 52 people and displaced more than 6,000, scientists are revising their understanding of the potential for similar giant earthquakes in other parts of the globe.
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
News of the tsunami has disappeared from the headlines. Meanwhile, another 'everyday' emergency in the Solomon Islands has become a silent epidemic. Its effect on the population is even more debilitating and widespread than that of the one-off natural disaster.
The Road to Surfdom (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
... forces are poised [i.e. ready to … we didn't say anything would actually happen] to invade the Solomon Islands. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declined to rule out such a dramatic development [mainly because he refused to take our call]. In other breathtaking examples of the contemporary Australian mainstream media’s dogged determination to bring you the facts and nothing but the facts: The Federal...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Source: [b]The Age[/b] [div class=excerpt][b]Australia gathers proof on Japan's whaling bribes [/b] Chris Hammer, Honiara, Solomon Islands, and Andrew Darby Hobart March 9, 2008 THE Australian Government has gained fresh ammunition in its battle to stop "scientific" whaling, exposing Japanese ...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Dolphin trade Solomon IslandsBarbara McMahon investigates the dolphin trade in the Solomon Islands
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Sydney - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Derek Sikua confirmed Saturday what had long been suspected: Japan bought support for its so-called scientific whaling programme in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Speaking in Honiara in a joint p...
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
Update: 5:36PM AIR Pacific will now have two flights per week to Honiara in the Solomon Islands.
Solomon Star (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
By JEREMY INIFIRI FORMER Malaita Eagle Force commander Jimmy ‘Rasta’ Lusibaea is now a free man. Since the arrival of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands arrive in 2003, Mr Lusibaea has been arrested, convicted, bailed and awaiting more charges. But yesterday, he walked out of court a free man after he was acquitted of his last ethnic tension related case. Lusibaea, Rex Ila, John Kiki,...
Solomon Star (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
PUBLIC servants at the Electoral Commission are in a state of confusion over who their boss is. The confusion started after former electoral manager John Babalu received his appointment letter on Tuesday. The current electoral manager is Musu Kevu. A source from the Electoral Commission said while Mr Babalu received his appointment, there was no word from the government on Mr Kevu. As a result, Mr...
