Solomon Islands

Election challenges against five Solomon Islands MPs are due to be heard in Honiara on Thursday.

The Marshall Islands has dropped further in the world rankings for human trafficking.

Marine scientists are dumbfounded by the discovery of sharks swimming inside an active underwater volcano in Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islanders, who have been undergoing pilot training in Fiji, are struggling to find work once they return home.

The corruption watchdog, Transparency Solomon Islands, say a 100 thousand US dollar hotel tab gained by three government ministers could cost taxpayers even more than initially thought.

Village conservationists in Solomon Islands are struggling to repair turtle habitats in the Arnavon Islands damaged by cyclone Raquel.

The capacity for eye operations in the Pacific has increased by 30 percent with the opening of the state-of-the-art Regional Eye Centre in Solomon Islands.

Three MPs in Solomon Islands are reported to have asked the Government to pick up their US$100,000 tab at the country's premier hotel.

The Ministry of Education in Solomon Islands says it has a new strategy, after a nationwide assessment led to the names of more than 50 teachers being removed from the payroll.

The Solomon Islands National Teachers Association, or SINTA, says a lack of monitoring teachers and where they are posted is a big problem in the country.

The names of about 50 teachers in Solomon Islands have been removed from Ministry of Education files after a nationwide assessment found their jobs could not be verified.

The Solomon Islands opposition has called on the government to reconsider its decision to channel disaster relief funds directly through members of parliament.

The local owners of the abandoned Gold Ridge mine in Solomon Islands are courting a consortium of companies to help restart operations at the gold mine.

The Education Authority in Solomon Islands' Temotu Province has fired thirty-eight primary and secondary school teachers.

Police in the Solomon Islands province of Temotu are checking remote villages and islands after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake this afternoon.

The Education Authority in Solomon Islands' Temotu Province has fired thirty-eight primary and secondary school teachers.