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February 13, 2022
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva The United States insists it is a Pacific nation and has unveiled a raft of new strategies to better engage with other nations in the Region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the first Secretary of State to visit Fiji in nearly 37 years. During his ... <a title="US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/us-announces-deeper-engagement-strategy-to-match-china-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara A team of four experts from China have arrived in Honiara for on-site feasibility studies on two projects amid the surging case of covid-19 in the Solomon Islands. The experts are here at the invitation of the government for studies on the upgrading of the national referral hospital and a ... <a title="Chinese project experts arrive in Solomons amid pandemic surge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/08/chinese-project-experts-arrive-in-solomons-amid-pandemic-surge/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese project experts arrive in Solomons amid pandemic surge">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Michael Field in Auckland China’s activities in the South Pacific are causing growing alarm in Washington, forcing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to make an urgent visit to Fiji. But, sources say, he cannot do it due to the continued absence of Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, and like many people, Blinken ... <a title="US worried about losing out in South Pacific to Chinese influence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/07/us-worried-about-losing-out-in-south-pacific-to-chinese-influence/" aria-label="Read more about US worried about losing out in South Pacific to Chinese influence">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2022
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist Concern is growing around low covid-19 vaccine rates in the Pacific. People in developing nations are generally missing out due to accessibility issues, a slow roll out of vaccines, difficulties getting to remote areas, a lack health of resources and misinformation resulting in vaccine hesitancy. But ChildFund director of ... <a title="Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/30/vaccine-inequity-in-the-pacific-we-need-to-support-our-neighbours/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2022
RNZ Pacific Three more people have died of covid-19 in Solomon Islands raising the national tally to five. Health authorities confirmed the country’s first two deaths on Tuesday. During a media conference last night, Health Minister Dr Culwick Togamana said the government was expecting more cases in the coming days. He said community transmission was ... <a title="Covid-19: Three more deaths in Solomons as outbreak ‘overwhelms’ health staff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/covid-19-three-more-deaths-in-solomons-as-outbreak-overwhelms-health-staff/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Three more deaths in Solomons as outbreak ‘overwhelms’ health staff">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinean doctor, who is alleged to be covid-19 positive, has been arrested and charged in Solomon Islands for illegally crossing the border. The doctor, from Bougainville and employed at Nonga Provincial Hospital in East New Britain province, was arrested and charged in the Solomon Islands capital, ... <a title="Covid-infected PNG doctor arrested in Solomon Islands as border crosser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/covid-infected-png-doctor-arrested-in-solomon-islands-as-border-crosser/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-infected PNG doctor arrested in Solomon Islands as border crosser">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Tulagi in the Central Islands province of Solomon islands is the first provincial capital to ban the sale of betel nut — for an indefinite period — as a measure to help control any potential spread of covid-19. Premier Stanley Manetiva told SBM Online that the measure became effective yesterday ... <a title="Tulagi bans betel nut selling as covid fears grow in Solomon Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/23/tulagi-bans-betel-nut-selling-as-covid-fears-grow-in-solomon-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Tulagi bans betel nut selling as covid fears grow in Solomon Islands">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara The Solomon islands government endorsed a 60 hour lockdown in the capital Honiara last night after an urgent special national address by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirming covid-19 community transmission. Honiara Emergency Zone will be in lockdown from 6pm last evening to 6am, Saturday, 22 January 2022. The lockdown comes ... <a title="Solomon Islands imposes 60 hour Honiara lockdown over covid outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/20/solomon-islands-imposes-60-hour-honiara-lockdown-over-covid-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands imposes 60 hour Honiara lockdown over covid outbreak">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has appealed to his fellow Solomon Islanders at the western border not to allow Bougainvilleans into the country. In his nation’s address last Friday, Sogavare recapped the country’s first covid-19 case recorded from a Shortland islander, dropped off by four Bougainvilleans in Shortland, ... <a title="‘Don’t enter Solomon Islands’ pleads Sogavare with Bougainvilleans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/12/dont-enter-solomon-islands-pleads-sogavare-with-bougainvilleans/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t enter Solomon Islands’ pleads Sogavare with Bougainvilleans">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By David Robie in Auckland The Pacific year has closed with growing tensions over sovereignty and self-determination issues and growing stress over the ravages of covid-19 pandemic in a region that was largely virus-free in 2020. Just two days before the year 2021 wrapped up, Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama took the extraordinary statement of ... <a title="‘Secret plots’, sovereignty and covid challenges face Pacific for New Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/02/secret-plots-sovereignty-and-covid-challenges-face-pacific-for-new-year/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Secret plots’, sovereignty and covid challenges face Pacific for New Year">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
By Robert Iroga in Honiara The Malaita for Democracy (M4D) group has been declared an illegal organisation because of the alleged role of individuals in last month’s riots in the capital Honiara. The Governor-General and Commander in Chief of Solomon Islands, Sr David Vunagi, declared M4D an unlawful society under section 66 (2) (ii) of ... <a title="Malaita’s M4D group declared illegal for alleged role in Solomons riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/malaitas-m4d-group-declared-illegal-for-alleged-role-in-solomons-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Malaita’s M4D group declared illegal for alleged role in Solomons riots">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report The troubled nation of Solomon Islands, whose Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare won a no-confidence vote 32 votes to 15 with two abstentions on Monday, has been downgraded from “open” to “narrow” in the people power under attack 2021 CIVICUS Monitor report. While the majority of Pacific countries were rated ... <a title="Solomon Islands downgraded over riots, troubles in new CIVICUS report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/solomon-islands-downgraded-over-riots-troubles-in-new-civicus-report/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands downgraded over riots, troubles in new CIVICUS report">Read more</a>
