Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands has opened its London mission amid concerns at home that the country cannot afford it.

The chairperson of Transparency Solomon Islands says self-serving MPs are effectively legalising corruption in Solomon Islands.

Members of parliament in Solomon Islands have been given a pay rise on the same day tax was to be reinstated on their tax free salaries.

Pacific island countries about to sign a regional trade deal are still hoping it will strengthen labour mobility arrangements with Australia and New Zealand.

New Zealand has offered to help Solomon Islands improve its participation in its Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme.

Three international constitutional experts are in the Solomon Islands capital to meet the Constitutional Congress on the country's draft federal constitution.

The Solomon Islands government says its strong stance on issues relating to West Papua is separate from proposed policing co-operation with Indonesia.

They want to come to New Zealand to take part in a long-standing seasonal employment scheme - but steep airfares are preventing Solomon Islanders from getting here.

Steep airfares are a major impediment to Solomon Island workers wanting to take part in New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employers scheme.

The Solomon Islands Football Federation says proposed changes to World Cup qualifying offers a clearer and more realistic path for Pacific Island nations.

Increasing attempts to smuggle goods through ports in Solomon Islands have resulted in customs and inland revenue officials this week launching a joint operation to crack down on the practise.

The Honiara City Council in Solomon Islands is closely monitoring the situation at the Honiara Central Market complex after a fire yesterday afternoon.

A Solomon Islands business which has helped improve the lives of many communities by supplying them with the tools to extract virgin coconut oil is now downstreaming to create even more local jobs.

An unnamed MP in the Solomon Islands who wracked up more than $US50,000 on his monthly phone bill has caused a public outcry in the country.