AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoTourism and Regional Cooperation: Prime Minister Matthew Wale urged Pacific countries meeting in Honiara to improve air links and make tourism more sustainable and beneficial to local communities. He also announced the relaunch of the “Happy Isles” brand. Labour Mobility: Wale is pressing Australian employers to help the Solomon Islands send 5,000 workers abroad each year through the PALM scheme. Workers remitted about SBD$507 million in 2025, and more than 13,000 Solomon Islanders have joined the scheme since 2018. Drought Response: A government-led mission is delivering water and assessing needs in drought-hit Rennell and Bellona, with schools, health facilities and vulnerable communities prioritised. Separately, more than 100 people in isolated Moe Village are facing shortages of food, water and medicine; villagers say they must make costly boat trips to collect drinking water. Community Services: West Kwaio communities have received 53 water tanks and a new community hall through a Solomon Islands–Australia partnership, improving water access for more than 100 communities.
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