Education & Skills: MEHRD has started a three-day Professional Development Facilitators Induction Programme in Honiara to strengthen support for teachers, including coaching, inclusion, assessment and digital technology—especially for rural and remote schools. Free Education Debate: Prime Minister Matthew Wale says free education will roll out from ECE to SINU and TAFE/TVET, with STEM strengthened, but Opposition leader Manasseh Sogavare questions readiness and costing, warning it needs new funding, classrooms, teachers and resources. Trade & Innovation: Honiara’s National Annual Trade Fair runs Sept 9–16 at FOPA Village under “Innovating Today for a Sustainable Greater Solomon Islands Tomorrow,” aiming to showcase local products, investment ideas and entrepreneurship. Roads & Community Prep: Malaita road upgrades under SIRAP2 have moved closer to construction after community consultations; contractors are finalising environmental and social plans before mobilisation. Health & Research Links: SINU is exploring marine disaster cooperation with a Chinese research delegation, while Solomon Islands and the Philippines discuss strengthening nursing education through PhilPac twinning. STEM in Schools: SINU’s STEM Science Showcases brought hands-on sessions on medicines, genomes, plants and the environment to secondary schools. Accounting for the Future: ISIA will hold its 3rd Annual Congress Sept 17–18 on building a workforce that thinks, leads and creates, urging employers to back professional development.