Solomon Islands

Dozens of hammerhead and silky sharks were filmed swimming around in extremely hot, acidic water inside the caldera of the Kavachi volcano in a lagoon in the country's west.

The expedition leader, Brennan Phillips, says the scientists were expecting to find very little life in the harsh water conditions.

"But we saw all the big sharks that were in there. So that was a total surprise and it just kept coming. You know, there's dozens of them and they are quite large.

The government has sponsored 22 Solomon Islanders to undergo pilot training in Fiji but local reports say it's not paying the expenses of those not due to complete their courses until the end of the year.

This comes after five pilots have completed the course, but three, who had gained their commercial pilots' licences and multi-engine ratings, have now lost them because they could not find flying jobs.

He revealed this in a meeting last Wednesday with the French Ambassador to Solomon Islands Pascal Maubert.

The meeting was requested by Ambassador to specifically to confirm the Prime Minister’s attendance of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference and whether the new time schedule for the meeting- November 25 and 26- is convenient for him.

“If the conference has been rescheduled for the 25th and 26th of November from the original time-frame of November 30th to December 11th, it will not make any difference for us.

Twelve years ago today, the first RAMSI police, military and civilian personnel from all around the Pacific region arrived in their thousands to “helpem fren”. 

RAMSI quickly set to work to restore law and order throughout the country. And in the decade which followed, the Mission helped successive governments to rebuild national institutions, stabilise the economy, reduce government debt and improve service delivery. 

Twelve years ago today, the first RAMSI police, military and civilian personnel from all around the Pacific region arrived in their thousands to “helpem fren”. 

RAMSI quickly set to work to restore law and order throughout the country. And in the decade which followed, the Mission helped successive governments to rebuild national institutions, stabilise the economy, reduce government debt and improve service delivery. 

This has been confirmed by Taiwan Weather Bureau’s Director of Research and Development, Mr.Mark Cheng.

Cheng is attending the Third Pacific Meteorological Council meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga this week.

He said the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan and the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service have conducted initial research to identify the strength and capacity of the Solomon Islands Met Service.

However, no tsunami warning was issued and no major damage was expected.

Rew scored the first points of the game to get the crowd up on their feet roaring as he shrugged off several defenders to score.

The Solomon Islanders responded straight away via Solly Seuika to score out wide.

A successful conversion put his team in front.

Some razzle dazzle rugby saw Rew grab his second score of the match right after the half time siren sounded. With the kick in, the score was 12-7 at the break.

The second half belonged to PNG as two more tries went to Arthur Clement and Butler Morris just on full time.

The government says extreme rain and wind is predicted to continue for several days.

It says the heavy rain can cause flooding and landslides, and flood waters and mud can be dangerous for health, and increase the risk of disease.

More than 150 buildings were damaged or destroyed after tropical cyclone Raquel swept through the Islands last week.

One person was killed after being hit by a falling tree and a further 16 people are missing.

The category one storm swept through the southern part of the country before being downgraded to a Tropical Depression on Thursday evening.

Initial reports from the National Emergency Operations Centre show thousands of food gardens have been damaged or destroyed across the islands with over 40-thousand damaged in the southern region of Malaita alone.