Solomon Islands

A doctors' strike planned for tomorrow in Solomon Islands could be deferred to December 29 according to officials from the public service ministry.

Officials at the Solomon Islands' ministry of public service say they are hopeful a planned doctors' strike can be avoided.

There are hopes a huge airfield development in Solomon Islands will welcome international flights for the first time by April next year.

Doctors in Solomon Islands are planning a nationwide strike this Friday in protest of the government's failure to review a decades old scheme of service.

Landowners in Solomon Islands' Temotu province are trying to raise funds to challenge the prospecting rights of miner Pacific Bauxite in court.

The Solomon Islands prime minister Rick Hou has told Taiwan his government will continue to make sure aid from Taipei is properly accounted for.

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in Solomon Islands says Pacific governments need to be more transparent with how they manage public funds.

A Solomon Islander has been acknowledged for her work tackling low literacy rates among adults.

The Solomon Islands Chief Nutrition Officer Salome Namohunu is pushing for better nutrition education in schools.

The Solomon Islands biosecurity department is deploying teams around the country to try and contain the spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle.

Authorities in Solomon Islands are trying to ascertain the extent of damage after flooding across Guadalcanal this week.

Tourism authorities in Solomon Islands say they want more local produce to feature on restaurant menus around the country.

Solomon Islands has pulled out of the Tokelau Arrangement for South Pacific albacore, saying it's too restrictive on tuna catch.

The Vietnamese blue boats caught fishing illegally off New Caledonia are reported to have carried shark fins.

After years of planning, the on-field competition finally gets underway at the Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu today.

A former Solomon Islands' prime minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has won an election petition against the minister for home affairs.