Solomon Islands

Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi is visiting three Melanesian countries ahead of joint ministerial talks with New Zealand in Auckland next week.

The Solomon Islands government is searching both locally and abroad for a new attorney general, to replace Billy Titulu, whose contract expires at the end of March.

A partnership agreement between the airlines of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu is now in force.

In a solemn ceremony at the weekend, Solomon Islands farewelled the remains of several US soldiers who had died on Guadalcanal during the Second World War.

The Australian owner of the closed Gold Ridge gold mine on Guadalcanal says there is third party interest in buying the mine as it negotiates a possible sale to the Solomons government.

The Solomon Islands government says Axiom Mining Limited has discovered there is a lot more nickel at the Isabel Province site than previously thought.

A stand-off between the Solomon Islands government and Australian miner St Barbara over the tailings dam at the Gold Ridge mine may be resolved by a WHO report.

The Solomon Islands government says a new cocoa quality testing laboratory will have a significant impact on the industry.

The construction of the University of the South Pacific's campus in Solomon Islands is waiting on a decision on an anchor programme for the facility.

The Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare says a revival of the Russell Islands Plantations Estate Limited is a priority for his government.

The government-owned Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, the SIBC, is planning to expand into television by July next year.