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A SIART media release says the money has gone to groups in Malaita, Guadalcanal and Makira/Ulawa provinces, with 532 households said to be better off.

The British High Commission says the UK has agreed the next stage of its energy programme with the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification, including legal work for an independent energy regulator.

A media release from the SIART Project says copra production should increase among the 14 producer organisations it supports in Guadalcanal, Malaita and Makira/Ulawa.

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services said the Naha Birthing and Urban Health Centre will run around the clock from 6 October.

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has begun a national review of health indicators and reporting forms to reduce clutter and make routine data easier to use, the World Health Organization said.

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services and its partners marked World Heart Day in Honiara on 29 September, where an ultrasound machine for echocardiography was handed over by the Australian Government through DFAT.

Solomon Islands has rejoined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the United Nations Development Programme said on 29 September, as gold and nickel projects expand the mining sector.

Researchers say drought losses can trigger sorcery accusations in Papua New Guinea and that planning for the coming El Nino should include prevention measures, in an article on the Devpolicy Blog.

Police in Auki detained a 30-year-old man on 28 September 2026 over an alleged knife attack that left a 45-year-old man in critical condition, according to a police statement published on the Solomon Islands Government portal.

Research by WaterAid and the University of Technology Sydney found Pacific activists rank the exclusion of women from water and climate decision-making as the root cause of other gendered climate impacts.

Australia has partnered with Honiara business Smart Technology to train 10 hearing-impaired Solomon Islanders in mobile phone repair, with participants to receive tools, mentoring and support at the end.

A statement on the Solomon Islands Government portal says the Kunkwaikwai customary landholding group of Ward 30, Central Kwara'ae, has moved to the public notice stage of customary land recording.

Dr Veronika Triariyani Kanem, from the Muyu region of South Papua in West Papua, graduated with a PhD from the University of Auckland on 24 September for research on the cultural and environmental significance of noken string bags.

Meleana Payn is the first Pasifika student to graduate with a conjoint Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Education at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, the university said.

Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh, the first Commonwealth Poet Laureate, made her first visit to Tuvalu in August, running creative writing workshops in Funafuti after weather postponed the country's first Cultural Festival.

Tuvalu and Ireland set out their vision for the Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, to be co-hosted in Tuvalu in 2027, at a side event of the UN General Assembly in New York on 25 September.

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