Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands is a sovereign country, together with the six main islands and lying on the 900 plus islands of Oceania, for example, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu of the Northwest and covered with a land area of ​​28,400 square kilometers (11,000 square miles) is. The country's capital is located on the island of Honiara, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the Solomon Islands Islands, which includes a collection of Melanesian islands that part of Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea) in the north, but not remote island, such as Rennell and Bellona, ​​and Santa Cruz Island.

The islands have been inhabited for thousands of years. In 1568, Spanish sailor Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them, naming them Islas Salomón. Britain defined its area of ​​interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain R. Ann Gibson's, HMS Curacoa declared a British-protected state as Southern Solomon Islands. During the World War II, the Solomon Islands campaign (1942-1945) saw a fierce battle between the United States and Japan's empire, in the form of the Battle of GuadalCanal.

The official name was changed from the British Foreign Area "To Protect British Solomon Island" in "Solomon Islands" in 1975. It was acquired in government itself 1976; Independence was gained two years later. Today, the Solomon Islands is a constitutional monarchy with the Queen Solomon Islands, currently in the form of Queen Elizabeth II, the head of her state. Manasseh Sogavare is the current Prime Minister.

Name

In 1568, Spanish sailor Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European trip to the Solomon Islands archipelago, named after Islas Salomón ("Solomon Islands"), after the rich Bible King Solomon. It is said that they were given, in this name there is a misconception that they contained great wealth.

During most of the period, British rule was officially named "protected British Solomon Islands". On June 22, 1975 the area was renamed "Solomon Islands". When the Solomon Islands became independent in 1978 they maintained the name. The definitive article is not part of the "official" name of the country, but it is sometimes used, both within and outside of the country. History Armed with Solomon Islands warriors, an ornate warboat aboard the spear, (1895). early history

It is believed that Papuan began to settle down, coming around around 30,000 BC The Austronesian speakers arrived in C. 4000 BC as well as the cultural elements such as outrigger canoe. Between 1200 and 800 BC Polynesian of the ancestors, Lapita people arrived from Bismarck Archipelago with their specialty ceramics. European Contacts (1568)

The island was to come from the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira to the first European trip, in Peru, people of 1568. In Peru there were Solomon Islands, for the notorious job and the sale of cannibals before the arrival of the Europeans.

The missionaries began touring in the mid-19th century in Solomon. In the first time, they fell short progress, because a chain of reprisals and genocide led to "blackbirding" (often Queensland and Fiji in China plantation for brutal recruitment or kidnapping workers). Inspired for the labor trade of evils, to declare the United States a protected state Southern Solomon in June 1893.

In 1898 and in 1899, was added to the more remote islands protected; In 1900, the remainder of the archipelago, which was earlier transferred to the jurisdiction of German under the British administration, in addition to the Buka and Bougainville of the islands, which remained part of German administration as part of the German New Guinea . Between traditional business and social intercourse, Mono and Alu Alu (Shortlands) of the Western Solomon Islands and Bougainville in the south of the traditional society, however, continued without hindrance.

To convert protected under the missionaries of Solomon, to convert most of the population is Christianity. Large scale coconut plantation in the early 20th century by many British and Australian companies. Economic growth was slow, however, and Sri Lanka benefited less.

Journalist who visited Melvin in 1892, as part of his blackbirding in investigating masks. In 1908, visiting the islands was Jack Llandagaya, who snorked his boat on the Pacific, Snark. World War II In the air strikes under the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), East Solomon of the Battle.

With the spread, most of the World War II took place for plantation owners and traders, Australia and most of the farming remained. Some of the most intense battle battles Solomon The most important of the Allied forces was launched against the Japanese RNA against the operations of the Allied forces, on August 7, 1942, together with the naval bombardment and amphibious landing on the islands of Florida on the Tulagi and the red coast of Guadalcanal.

The Battle of Guadalcanal became an important and bloody campaign fought in the Pacific, in the form of a war, for the Allies to compete, to expand, expand. During the war of strategic importance were operating coastwatchers in remote locations, often organized to organize Japanese islands, during the early warning and intelligence of the Japanese navy, army and aircraft movements.

Hav Major Yakub Vouza was a remarkable coastwatcher, who refused to accept after confrontation, despite the information related to the interrogation and torture of the Japanese RNA. He was awarded a silver star medal in the United States, which is the third highest decoration in dealing with valor.

Sri Lanka Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana were first to find John W. Kennedy and his crew PT-109 shipwrecked. They used a suggestion to write a coconut by a rescue message for canoe dinghy, which later became Kennedy's desk when it was President of the United States. During the rest of the American Marine 1942 Guadalcanal campaign

One of the Solomon Islands was one of the major scaffolding areas in the South Pacific and the home was famous for the VMF-214 "Black Sheep" Squadron Command chief Greg "Abbas" Boyington For the "slot" was a name for the new Georgia sound, when it was used by the Guadalcanal on the Japanese outpost to supply Tokyo Express. More than 36,000 Japanese nationals of Guadalcanal killed about 26,000 or missing, 9,000 died from illness, and 1,000 were captured. Independence (1978)

Since the establishment of the local councils in the form of islands in the 1950s, since World War II A new constitution was established, the elections were held in the 1970s, although the election was contested and a new one was made in 1974. For the first time in 1973 the price of oil has been shaky, British colonies have become British colonies to make it clear.

The independence of the neighboring Papua New Guinea in Australia in 1975, the Solomon Islands received the Solomon Islands in 1976. Independence was granted on 7 July 1978. The first Prime Minister Sir Peter Kenilorea, and the Solomon Islands, have maintained the monarchy. Ethnic Violence (1998-2003)

Typically referred to as tension or ethnic tension, the initial civil unrest was mainly attributed to the fight between Isatabu's independence movement (also known as the Guadalcanal Revolutionary Army) and the Malaita Eagle Force ( As well as Maro Eagle force). (Although there was much conflict between Guales and Malaitans, Kabutaulaka (2001) and Dinnen (2002) argued that labeling 'ethnic conflict' is an extreme simplification.)

In late 1998, Guadalcanal launched a campaign on the island of terrorists that settled in Malaitan against threats and violence. During the next year, thousands of Malaitans ran away to Malaita or, to the capital of Honiara (which is located at Guadalcanal, mainly from the Malaitans and other provinces of Solomon Islands). In 1999, the Malaita Eagle Force (MEF) was established in response.

The complexities of the reaction to the struggle for the Bartholomew Ulufa'alu of the reformist government is the conflict it is developing. In late 1999, the government declared a four-month emergency situation. There were also a number of attempts to reconcile, but to no avail. Ulufa'alu also with request assistance in Australia and New Zealand in 1999 but rejected his appeal.

In June 2000, Ulufa'alu was kidnapped by militia members of the MEF who felt that, though he was a Malaitan, he was not doing enough to protect his interests. Ulufa'alu has resigned later, in return for his release. Manasseh was Sogavare, who had previously been the finance minister Ulufa'alu's government but later joined the opposition as elected as Prime Minister 23-21 by Rev Leslie Boseto. Although the elections of Sogavare are immediately submerged in controversy, because six MPs were unable to be thought (Boseto of supporters) to participate in the important vote of Parliament (Moore 2004, p. 174 on N. 5) .

In October 2000, the Townsville Peace Agreement was signed by the elements of the Malaita eagle force, IFM, and the Solomon Islands government. This was followed closely by the Marau peace agreement signed in February 2001, Marou Eagle force, Isatabu Freedom Movement, the Guadalcanal Provincial Government, and the Solomon Islands government. However, due to signing an important agreement signed to Guale militant leader Harold Keke, the Guale groups with a split. Later, Guale joined the signing of the Agreement signed by Andrew Te 'e' in the form of Malaitan-dominated police to 'joint action force'. During the next two years, the weathercoast tried to capture Keke and his group to try to jointly campaign as GuadalCanal of the conflict.

In the new election brought in December 2001, Sir Alan Kemakeza is an independent member of its coalition party and association with the support of the Prime Minister's chair. The conflict between the law and the bad nature of the system shifted: There was ongoing violence on Weathercoast while the terrorists paid attention to Honiara to commit crime and extortion. The finance department often happens to be surrounded by the armed man when the money was due to reach. In December 2002, Finance Minister Laurie Chan has been resigning after being forced to sign a tip of the gun to make a check out of the terrorists of some. The conflict also broke out in the local people between the western province and settle in Malaitan. Members of the Renegade were invited to the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (Bra) as a security force but ended up as much trouble as they stopped.

The current atmosphere is to help the Solomon Islands out of the country by a formal request of chaos, massive extortion, and ineffective police-inspired protests. With the country bankrupt and chaos in the capital, the request was unanimously supported in Parliament.

In July 2003, Solomon Islands (RAMSI) for the Regional Assistance Mission under the auspices of Solomon Islands under the auspices of Solomon Islands, arrived in Australia and Pacific Island police and soldiers. About 20 other Pacific Nations, with representatives of Australia and New Zealand, and under the leadership of 2,200 police and soldiers of a large international security force, will reach the next month under Operation Helpem Fren. Since this time some commentators have considered the country a failed nation. However, other academics argue that instead of being 'an unsuccessful state', this is an incompatible state: a state that never has the freedom of decades after integrating it.

In April 2006, allegations that the newly elected Prime Minister had used Snyder Rini to lead the members of parliament to buy votes of Chinese merchants from bribe to capitalize on massive riots in capital Honiara. A lot of leadership for the minority Chinese business community against a deep inherent dissatisfaction is being destroyed in Chinatown city. There were also tensions in the midst of the increased belief that there was huge amount of money being exported to China. China sent a chartered plane sent to hundreds of Chinese to flee, which has riots to avoid. The withdrawal was Australian and British citizens, on a very small scale. Additional Australian, New Zealand and Fijian police and soldiers were sent to try to tame the turmoil. Rini has finally resigned in the face of an offer before the confrontation of Parliament and Parliament as elected Manasseh Sogavare Prime Minister. Earthquake

On April 2, 2007, a large tsunami after a large earthquake was killed by the Solomon Islands. The initial reports indicated that the tsunami, which was mainly affected by the small island of Gizo, is more than several meters (probably as high as 10 meters (33 feet), according to some reports, 5 meters (16 1/3 foot), Foreign Office). The tsunami was started by a 8.0 magnitude earthquake, with a hypocenter of 349 kilometers (217 miles) of the capital of the northwestern island of Honiara Ramen, Lat-8.453 long 156.957 and the depth of one is 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).

According to the United States Geological Survey Earthquake 20:39:56 UTC is the initial event since Sunday, April 1, 2007 and until 22:00:00 UTC on Wednesday, April 4, 2007, More than 44 shocks have a magnitude of 5.0 or greater in the area recorded. The number of people who died from the tsunami that resulted in at least 52 people, and the tsunami destroyed more than 900 homes and thousands of people homeless. According to the local residents of the island, Ranongga, up to 70 meters (230 feet) of shoreline from outside the earth has been loudly mounted earthquake. This has left many times, newly formed beaches exposed on ancient coral reefs.

Countless victims of abandoned houses in the Solomon Islands on the earthquake disaster on February 6, 2013 are unknown and reportedly dead. With a magnitude of 8.0 this earthquake hit a hit that is 1.5 meters up to the height of the Tsunami. For the leading week disaster, there was a sequence of 6.0 earthquake with a magnitude of Santa Cruz Islands. Politics The Solomon Islands' was a gift from the National Parliament building in the United States.

There is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system of government in Solomon Islands. Empress of the Queen Elizabeth II of Solomon Islands and head of state; He is represented by the Governor General, who is elected for a five-year period by the Parliament. There is a meeting with the conditions of four years elected for 50 members of Parliament. However, parliament can be dissolved by majority in terms of its tenure before its members are completed.

Single-member constituencies based on parliamentary representation. The franchise is universal for citizens of more than 21 years of government's head. Prime Minister, who is elected by the parliament and chooses cabinet. Under the chairmanship of each ministry, there is a member of the Cabinet, which is a permanent secretary, a career public servant, which is the Ministry of Employees for the assistance.

The Solomon Islands are characterized by the weak political parties (see list of political parties in Solomon Islands) and highly volatile parliamentary alliance. They are leading the subject for any belief of continuous voting, government leadership and cabinet appointments in constant change.

is the Solomon Islands reserved for land ownership. The law provides that the resident migrants, such as Chinese and Kiribati, can get citizenship through natural. The land is generally still on the basis of a family or village organized and may have a local custom according to the mother or father by hand below. Sri Lanka are reluctant to provide lands to nontraditional financial undertakings, and this has resulted in the continuing disputes in the land owned on it. Queen Elizabeth II with illustration of the postage stamp, 1968.

Although Solomon Islands maintained by any military force, although there are about 500 police forces in the border security unit. The police are also responsible for fire service, disaster relief, and marine surveillance. The governor general appointed by a commissioner under the chairmanship of the police force and the prime minister responsible for December 27, 2006, the Solomon Islands government is the Pacific nation after returning to the country's Australian police chief to stop the move. On January 12, 2007, expelled from his top diplomat in Australia, with the intention of taking solutions through a dialogue in political intervention for Solomon Island, with ease, a four month dispute between the two countries.

On December 13, 2007, the Prime Minister had dropped Manasseh Sogavare from a vote of no confidence in Parliament, after the opposition to the five ministers of the defection. This was the first time a Prime Minister was lost in the office in Solomon Islands. On December 20, the candidate of the elected opposition of parliament (and former minister, education) as Derek Sikua Prime Minister, a vote of 32 to 15. Judiciary

The appointment of the Governor-General is the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition on the advice of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. A judicial commission with the advice of another judge appointed by the Governor General. The Supreme Court of Appeals acts as the Privy Council of the Judicial Committee (based in the United Kingdom). Current Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer.

From July 2014, Justice Edwin Goldsbrough will serve as the President of the Court of Appeal for the Solomon Islands. Justice Goldsbrough has been, as a judge in a five-year tenure of formerly Solomon Islands (2006-2011) of the High Court. Justice Edwin Goldsbrough then serves as Chief Justice of Turks and Caicos Islands Foreign relations

A member of the Solomon Islands is United Nations, Commonwealth, Pacific Island Forum, South Pacific Commission, International Monetary Fund and EU / Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries (EEC / ACP) (Lomé Convention).

The political platform of the Solomon Islands was influenced by the Chinese Republic (ROC) and People's Republic of China (PROC) about its status. Solomon Islands gave the diplomatic recognition to the Republic of China (Taiwan), recognizing it as the sole legitimate government of all of China, thus giving the United Nations in important vote in Taiwan. Political scenario of the rapidly tampered with the Republic of China and People's Republic of China from both attractive investment, political wealth and debt. Solomon Islands.

In connection with the Papua New Guinea, which has become tense, the Bougainville rebellion and attacks caused the flooding of the refugees and the attacks of the Bougainvillean rebels followed by the Solomon Islands elements of the Northern Isles. A peace agreement on 1998 removed Bougainville from the Armed Risk, and the agreement of 2004 in the operation of the two countries regular border. Military

Although local level recruitment was part of the British Solomon Islands protected defense force fighting to participate in the Allied armies during World War II in Solomon, the country did not have any regular military forces since independence. The Royal Solomon Islands Police force (RSIPF) of various paramilitary elements dissolved and Solomon Islands (RAMSI) for the regional aid mission after the 2003 intervention in the disarmament. RAMSI internal and external security in the element of police RAMSI to assist with an Australian commander responsibilities led by a small troop. The RSIPF still constitutes two ongoing Pacific Class Patrol Boats (RSIPV Auki and RSIPV Lata), which is the actual naval Solomon Islands.

In the long run, it is estimated that RSIPF will resume the role of defense in the country. Police, National Security and Correctional Services for the Governor-General and Responsible Minister appointed by a Commissioner under the chairmanship of the police force.

The Solomon Islands has been made in the budget of the police due to being stressful, there is a four-year civil war. Following the Cyclone Zoe's strike on Tikopia and Anuta in December 2002, Australia had supplied 200,000 Solomon Dollars ($ 50,000 Australian) with the Solomon Islands to supply fuel and supplies for patrol boat capsize with sail to sail . (The part of the work included in RAMSI is the budget to stabilize the Solomon Islands government.) Administrative division

For the local government, there are ten administrative areas divided into the country, of which the Honiara municipal council administered by the elected provincial assemblies administered by nine provinces and the tenth capital Hananiara. Geography Solomon Islands of aerial view

An Island of the Solomon Islands is a nation that lies in Eastern Papua New Guinea and consists of several islands: Choiseul, Shortland Islands; New Georgia Islands; Santa Isabel; Russell Islands; Nggela (Florida Island); Malaita; Guadalcanal; Sikaiana; Maramasike; Ulawa; Uchi; Makira (NO crystalline); Saints come; Rennell and Bellona; Santa Cruz Island and three remote, small outliers, Tikopia, Anuta, and Fatutaka.

Latitude lies between country's islands 5 ° and 13 ° S, and longitude is 155 degrees and 169 ° E. The distance between the west and the eastern island is about 1,500 kilometers (930 mi). Located in the north of Santa Cruz Island (which is part of Tikopia), Vanuatu is located and isolated in particular, more than 200 kilometers (120 miles) from other islands. Bougainville is part of the Solomon Islands but in politically part of Papua New Guinea, geographically. Climate

Islands' Sea-Equatorial Climate During a very damp year, with a mean temperature of 26.5 ° C (79.7 ° F) and some extreme temperatures or weather. The cooler period is through June, August. Although the sessions are not clear, to bring the winds through the month of April, there is more frequent rain and sometimes hurricanes or cyclones. About 3,050-millimeters (120 inches) of annual rainfall. Ecology

is part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, two different terrestrial ecoregions. Most of the island are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion, which includes islands of Bougainville and Buka; These forests have come under pressure from forestry activities. Santa Cruz is part of the islands, together with Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion, Vanuatu of the neighboring islands. Exquisite barren limestone for some of the large islands of activity with very rich volcano (varying degree of volcano) from soil quality ranges. Illuminating landscape of over 230 varieties of orchids and other tropical flowers.

There are several active and passive volcanoes of islands. Tinakula and Kavachi are among the most active of volcanoes. Economy Solomon exports a proportional representation. In the form of ranks of

Solomon Islands' per capita gross domestic product $ 600, it is a less developed nation, and more than 75% of its labor force is engaged, subsistence and fishing. Most manufactured commodities and petroleum products should be imported. Until 1998, when tropical timber fell rapidly for world prices, wood was the Solomon Islands' main export product, and, in recent years, the Solomon Islands were forests, dangerously overexploited.

Other significant cash crops and exports include copra and palm oil. Guadalcanal on the gold ridge that started in gold mining in 1998. Continued in other areas of mineral exploration. In the wake of ethnic violence in June 2000, palm oil and gold have ceased to export, while exports fell to the wood. The islands are rich in undeveloped mineral resources such as lead, zinc, nickel and gold.

Solomon Islands' Fisheries also offer opportunities for exports and domestic economic expansion A Japanese joint venture, Solomon Taiyo Ltd, which operates only in fish cannery, is a result of ethnic disturbances in the mid-2000s in the country. Although the local management, the export tuna has not been started again under the plant. The talks are going on to lead the last reopening to lead the gold ridge mine and the major oil palm plantations.

Tourism, especially diving, a Solomon Islands for an important service industry. Lack of tourism development, infrastructure and transport boundaries.

The Solomon Islands were bankrupt, by 2002. Since the RAMSI interference in 2003, the government in its repairs budget It is consolidated and re-negotiated with support of your domestic loan and, now demanding to renegotiate your foreign obligations. Principal aid donors are Australia, New Zealand, EU, Japan, and Republic of China.

Recently, the Solomon Islands Court approved the live dolphin benefits of export, most recently to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This practice was originally closed by the government in 2004 for a 28 shipment of live dolphins to Mexico on the international commotion. As a result of this step, both Australia and New Zealand have been criticized as well as many conservation organizations. Energy

The South Pacific Applied Geology Commission (SOPAC) working for a team's renewable energy developers and developed the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), funded by a plan that allows the use of local communities To increase the need of renewable energy, without the power of solar energy, water and air, there is ample amount of cash to increase. Under this scheme, Sri Lanka, who are unable to pay, can pay in the solar lantern cash instead with crops as an object. Demographics

By 2006, there were 552,438 people in Solomon Islands. Ethnic groups Honiara from Solomon Islands resident

The majority of the Solomon Islands ethnic Melanesian (94.5%). Two other important groups of Polynesian (3%) and Micronesian (1.2%) are doing. There are a few thousand ethnic Chinese. Languages

While the official language is English, only 1-2% of the population speak English. The lingua franca is Solomon Pijin.

The Solomon Islands listed for the local languages ​​of the number is 74, out of which 70 are living languages ​​and 4 are extinct, according to Ethnologue, in the languages ​​of the world. Melanesian languages ​​(mainly Southeast Solomonic Groups) are spoken on the central island.

Polynesian languages ​​are talking on Rennell and Bellona South, Tikopia, Anuta and Fatutaka to the Far East, to Sikaiana to the north-east, and to the north of Luaniua (known as Ontong Java Atoll, Lord Howe Atoll). Immigrant population speaks Gilbertese (I-Kiribati), a micronesian language. religion

The Solomon Islands of religion are mainly Christian (which comprise a population of approximately 92%). The main Christian denominations are: 35% of the Anglican Church, Roman Catholic 19%, South Sea Evangelical Church 17%, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands 11% and seventh day Adventist 10% in the United States Church. Tribal beliefs to follow another 5%.

Islam to follow the rest, the Bahá'í Faith, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) According to most recent reports, Islam is a Muslim community, including members of 350 Muslims, made up of Solomon Islands in Islam. Health

Life expectancy at the time of birth of the woman was 66.7 years and in life expectancy at 64.9 in 2007. The 1990-1995 fertility rate was 5.5 births per woman. Government spending was per capita on health, but we got $ 99 (PPP) Life expectancy at healthy birth is 60 years.

Blonde hair is found in 10% of the population of islands. Questions of later years, as a result of the study, have a better understanding of the genes. The findings show that due to the characteristic of the hair, an amino acid change protein is TYRP1. It is, therefore, accounts for the highest incidence of golden hair, in the outside world. When the population of Solomon Islands of 10% demonstrated the phenotype of about 26% of the population to take away this specialty as well. Education Tuo village, Fenualoa in children's school.

Solomon Islands is not mandatory in education and only 60 percent of school-age children have access to primary education.

From 1990 to 1994, enrollment in gross primary school is 96.6 percent for roses to 84.5 percent. Attendance rates in primary school were not available for Solomon Islands as of 2001. While the rate of enrollment indicates a level of commitment, they do not always do for education in the participation of children reflect.

Enrollment has been made to increase the educational facilities and to increase the human resources development education department and efforts made by the efforts and schemes, due to lack of government funding, obstructive teacher training programs, poor coordination programs, and a failure For the teachers to pay the government. Education was 9.7 percent for the government's allocation in government budget, down from 13.2 percent in 1990, in 1990.

Men go to attain education, more women can get education than may be. Guadalcanal in the country at the University of Papua New Guinea, while setting up a Solomon Islands in a campus in the South Pacific of the University. culture

In the traditional culture of Solomon Islands, age-old customs are hand-to-hand from one generation to the next, for allegedly for the native souls, the cultural values ​​of the form themselves Solomon Islands. Media radio

In the type of radio's most influential media due to the Solomon Islands, there are parts of the country in achieving the television signals of language differences, illiteracy, and difficulty. To run the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC), the National Radio Station on the Public Radio Radio, and Wantok FM 96.3, and the Provincial Stations radio happy lagoon and radio station, Eastern Temotu, on the National Radio Radio. There are two commercial FM stations, Haniyara in 99.5 on Z FM, but a large majority of attainable Honiara out of the island, and, on PAOA FM 97.7 in Honiara (also Auki on broadcast 107.5), and, a community FM radio station, FM 88.7 on the Gold Ridge.

There is a Solomon Star in a daily newspaper & lt; http: //www.solomonstarnews.com> And a daily online news website, Solomon Bar Online (www.solomontimes.com), 2 weekly papers, Solomon Voice and Solomon Bar, and 2 monthly letters Agrikalsa Nius and Citizen Press.

There are no TV services that are covered throughout Solomon Islands, but satellite TV stations can be obtained. However, in Honiara, there is a free-to-air channel called, a television, and rebroadcast ABC Asia Pacific (ABC from Australia) and BBC World News. As of December 2010, residents may subscribe to SATSOL [1], a digital payment TV service, re-broadcast satellite television. music A pan flute, in the nineteenth century, MHNT.

The traditional Melanesian music includes the Solomon Islands both groups and singles singing, slit-drums and panpipe ensembles. In the 1920s, following one of the bamboo music received is: In the 1950s, Edwin Nanau Sitori composed the song "Walkabout Long Chinatown", which was referred to as the official "National Song" of the Solomon Islands, by the government. The modern Solomon Islands include various types of popular music, such as rock and reggae as well as island music. Literature

Writers include Solomon Island novelist Rexford Orotaloa and John Saunana and poet Jully Makini. sport

Rugby union is played in, Solomon Islands. Is playing in the Solomon Islands National Rugby Union team, international since 1969. It participated in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cup for the Oceania qualifying tournament, but failed at every opportunity to qualify.

Association football and futsal and beach football in national teams have proven the most successful among the most successful Oceania. Is part of the Solomon Islands National Football Team, the OFC Confederation is in FIFA. They are currently ranked 184th in the 209 teams in the FIFA World Rankings. The team became the first team to beat New Zealand in qualifying for a play-off position in Australia for qualifying for the World Cup 2006. They were defeated by Australia 2-1 in Australia 7-0.

On June 14, 2008, Solomon Islands won the National Futsal team, Kurukuru, to qualify for Fiji in the Oceania Futsal Championship, in 2008, the FIFA Football World Cup was held in Brazil, from September 30 to October 19, 2008 in Brazil. Futsal is the Oceania area in the past champion. Kurukuru in 2008 and 2009 will be Fiji in the Oceania Futsal championship. In 2009, they claim title to the defeated host country Fiji, 8-0. Kurukuru currently holds the record for the fastest ever in the world record scored in an official Futsal match. It was founded by Kurukuru captain Elliott Ragomo, who scored against New Caledonia in July 2009 as a three-second game. They also, however, hold one of the thirty for two goals with Russia beaten in the Futsal World Cup, 2008 when they were in the history of the worst defeat for the deepest record.

In the Solomon Islands' beach football team, Bilikiki boys, the statistically most successful team is in Oceania. They have won, to date all three regional championships, from which there is the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for each occasion on qualification. Bilikiki of the 14th place in the world as of 2010, Oceania with more than any other team. Also see them note

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