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Met service issues strong wind warning
The Islandsun
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July 5, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services (SIMS) weather forecasting office has issued a strong wind warning for parts of the country. In a statement released by SIMS, strong wind warning number five was issued at 4:00pm on...
2025 Belt and Road Journalists Forum opens up window for overseas reporters to explore the real China
Global Times
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Foreign media representatives visit the Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum on July 15 in Jingdezhen, East China's Jiangxi Province. Photo: Courtesy of the 2025 Belt and Road Journalists Forum As night falls in the Taoxichuan Cultural and Creative...
Legendary paramedic Alan Playford tells all in new memoir
RiotACT
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July 19, 2025
Alan Playford was a trailblazer in paramedicine with a storied career spanning more than 40 years. Photo: Mick Dawson. Most Australians remember paramedic Alan Playford for his heroic rescue of Norm Duffy during the 1989 Newcastle Earthquake – a...
Tuvalu’s partners and allies | Are they doing enough?
The Fiji Times
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July 18, 2025
Tuvalu, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, faces unique challenges as it strives for economic development and sustainability. With a population of almost 10,000 and a land area of about 26 square kilometres, its geographic isolation...
Palau sets stage for 2026 Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting
Island Times
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July 18, 2025
KOROR, Palau — The Republic of Palau is gearing up to host the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) in 2026, the most high-profile regional gathering to take place in the country since it last hosted in 2014. President Surangel S....
Small Malaita road project on the move
Solomon Star
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July 18, 2025
The Small Malaita Constituency (SMC) officially launched Phase II of its Road Infrastructure Program on July 9th, 2025, at Ou’oumatawa, Small Malaita. This milestone was made possible through the active involvement of the Member of Parliament for...
Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes
CFO Dive
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SolAir discounts tickets to Vanuatu
The Islandsun
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July 18, 2025
BY CHRIS ALEX Solomon Airlines is celebrating Vanuatu’s 45th Independence Day with a limited-time airfare sale, offering 20 percent off return fares on select international routes to Vanuatu’s Port Vila and Espiritu Santo. The promotion, which...
This fruit played an unusual part in WWII ship's escape as new evidence discovered on seabed
Indy100
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July 9, 2025
The recently-discovered bow of the USS New Orleans has shone new light on its remarkable escape story after being hit by a Japanese torpedo and travelling backwards 1,800 miles across the Pacific during WWII. Over the weekend the Nautilus Live...
Natural Wonders: Te Lapa
Explorersweb
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July 16, 2025
Do you believe that the Pacific Islanders simply drifted until they found land? Over the last hundred years, most scholars believed that the Polynesians let the winds and weather push their boats wherever they may. But recently, the narrative has...
Small Malaita Launches Phase 2 Road Project
Tavuli News
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July 17, 2025
The Small Malaita Constituency (SMC) officially launched Phase II of its Road Infrastructure Program on July 9th, 2025, at Ou’oumatawa, Small Malaita. This milestone was made possible through the active involvement of the Member of Parliament for...
Small Malaita Constituency launches phase 2 of its road infrastructure program
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 17, 2025
The Small Malaita Constituency (SMC) officially launched Phase II of its Road Infrastructure Program on July 9th, 2025, at Ou’oumatawa, Small Malaita. This milestone was made possible through the active involvement of the Member of Parliament for...
Solomon Airlines Launches Vanuatu Independence Sale
Tavuli News
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July 16, 2025
Solomon Airlines is marking Vanuatu’s 45th Independence Day by launching a limited-time sale offering 20% off return airfares between selected ports and destinations in Vanuatu, including Port Vila and Espiritu Santo. The special fares are...
Malaita rural communities decry poor network
The Islandsun
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July 18, 2025
By RODRICK DESURI AUKI Rural communities in Malaita province have raised concerns over poor network services provided by Our Telekom. A concerned mother, who requests to stay anonymous said this is the only way they can stay connected with family...
Immigration New Zealand Extends Longer Visits for Pacific Island Nations Granted Visited Visa
TP+
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July 7, 2025
Photo: NZ Immigration New Zealand is welcoming Pacific visitors by making it easier to travel here with changes to immigration settings that will come into effect later this year. From 6 July 2025, people from Pacific Islands forum countries...
Small State, Big Stakes: The Maldives and Strategic Competition in the Indian Ocean
War on the Rocks
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July 14, 2025
Located at the crossroads of vital Indian Ocean shipping lanes linking the Middle East and Asia, the Maldives has emerged as an unlikely but increasingly important foothold in Indo-Pacific strategic rivalry. Despite having less than 600,000...
Fine Fiddlers
The Vineyard Gazette - Massachusetts
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French scientist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc declined an invitation to be a naturalist on a round-the-world expedition in 1785. Though this initially seems like a missed opportunity, it turned out to be the best decision of his life. Both the...
A sweet golden treat
The Fiji Times
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July 16, 2025
Two gold medals in Koror have rewritten the map for Fijian basketball and the journey has only just begun. When the buzzer sounded on 9 July 2025, a siren that usually marks the end of a game instead opened two new chapters for Basketball in Fiji....
Pacific leaders address U.S deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting
Island Times
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July 11, 2025
MAJURO (PMN) — The latest wave of deportations of Pacific people from the United States was among a range of issues discussed at the recent Micronesian Islands Forum in the Marshall Islands. The three-day summit brought together leaders from...
NZ visa for Pacific Forum countries allows longer stays
Talanei
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July 11, 2025
New immigration changes introduced by the New Zealand Government July 6, allowing Pacific Islanders to be issued with a two year multiple entry visa has been welcomed by Samoans and fellow Pacific Islanders. Under the change they are now able to...