Tsunami Watch: After a powerful quake hit the southern Philippines, Pacific emergency agencies including New Zealand’s NEMA and GNS Science put coastal monitoring on alert; the US Tsunami Warning Centre forecast waves under 0.3m above tide levels, with Solomon Islands included in the regional advisory. EU Food Safety for Seafood: Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu officials trained in Suva on EU Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1449, which tightens freezer-vessel cooling rules and could affect about 97% of EU-listed Pacific Island-flagged vessels. Digital Education Boost: West Makira gifted 41 laptops and 12 smartphones to 53 students to support digital learning and future skills. Rice Development Push: Chinese JAAS rice experts began a two-month technical mission with Solomon Islands’ MALD to advance mechanised commercial rice farming and cut reliance on imported rice. Subsea Internet Risk: New research flags that most subsea cable faults near small islands cluster within 300km of coastlines, raising stakes for communications resilience. Prime Minister Pivot: Solomon Islands PM Matthew Wale says he will negotiate a strategic treaty with Australia and review the China security pact during talks in Canberra.