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A disturbing trend has emerged in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, where students are increasingly engaging in public fistfights while peers enthusiastically cheer them on. These brawls, often filmed and shared on social media, reveal more than mere adolescent recklessness—they signal a deeper crisis rooted in community fragmentation and systemic failures in education.  […]

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟲 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Solomon Water would like to inform their valued customers that water supply from Kombito is closed until further notice. This is due to high turbidity caused by recent heavy rains at the source. Turbidity is a measurement of how cloudy the water is in surface water sources and can be caused

SPC Director General Dr. Stuart Minchin paid a courtesy call to the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Honorable Jeremiah Manele, during the Honiara Summit. DG Minchin extended his congratulations to the Government and people of Solomon Islands for hosting this important event. He also took the opportunity to update Prime Minister Manele on key SPC

The Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (UWSSSP) has reached a significant milestone with the official launch of the WASH in Schools (WinS) Project yesterday. The event marked the beginning of a transformative initiative aimed at improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities in schools across Honiara. The launch follows the signing of a

STRONG WIND WARNING NUMBER SIXTEEN ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 7:00AM THIS MORNING ON WEDNESDAY, 26TH FEBRUARY 2025. A STRONG WIND WARNING IS CURRENT FOR MOST WATERS.  SITUATION: AN ACTIVE TROUGH LIES OVER SOLOMON ISLANDS AND LINKS TO TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED IN THE NORTHERN CORAL SEAS AND TROPICAL CYCLONE SERU LOCATED EAST

HEAVY RAIN WARNING NUMBER TEN ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 7:00AM THIS MORNING ON WEDNESDAY, 26TH FEBRUARY 2025. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING IS NOW CURRENT FOR MOST PROVINCES.SITUATION: AN ACTIVE TROUGH LIES OVER SOLOMON ISLANDS THAT LINKS TO TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED IN THE NORTHERN CORAL SEAS AND TROPICAL CYCLONE SERU LOCATED EAST

As international delegates arrived in Honiara for the highly anticipated ‘Honiara Summit on the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.4’, their first glimpse of the Solomon Islands’ capital was not the pristine beaches or exciting culture the nation is known for. Instead, they were met with a huge pool of muddy water on the

The Reconstruction work for Atoifi Dental Clinic at Atoifi Adventist Hospital (AAH) in East Kwaio, Malaita Province, has officially commenced. Building materials for the project arrived safely in Atoifi on Sunday, February 2, 2025. The supplies, stored inside a 40-foot container, were transported by barge from Honiara. These materials marked the final logistical step before

STRONG WIND WARNING NUMBER FIFTEEN ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 4:00PM THIS AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY 2025. A STRONG WIND WARNING IS CURRENT FOR MOST WATERS.    SITUATION: AN ACTIVE TROUGH LIES OVER SOLOMON ISLANDS AND LINKS TO TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED IN THE NORTHERN CORAL SEAS AND TROPICAL CYCLONE SERU LOCATED

The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has rejected claims by Alfred Sasako that it used Winrock International funding to integrate LGBTQ-related policies into the Education Act 2023. Sasako’s allegations, published in the Solomon Star on February 12, 2025, suggested Winrock’s five-year support may have influenced the Act.  MEHRD called the claims “baseless”