GPG Logging Field Monitoring
A team from the GPG Forestry Division will conduct a week-long field monitoring on logging areas in east Guadalcanal next week. The team will be led by the Minister of Forestry and Mines, Hon. Ishmael Kukiti (MPA for Paripao). The…
Farmset Introduces Solar Water Pump Product
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FARMSET Limited might be best known for selling the types of agricultural chemical products that locals need, but the company’s newest product is designed for rural farmers in the Solomon Islands. The company has previously introduced solar-powered…
“Every High Tide Reaches My Doorstep”: How People With Disabilities Face Climate Change in Solomon Islands
BY JEREMY GWAO FREELANCE JOURNALIST 35-year-old Francis Filia has had to sit in a wheelchair for more than 17 years due to a physical impairment on his spine. From his home in the Solomon Islands, he hears the waves each…
Guadalcanal Vendor Calls for Protection of Marine Species from Commercial Logging
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE coastal waters of Kakabona, north-west Guadalcanal, west of Honiara are home to many marine species and reefs. However, the populations of these marine and fish species are now declining (fish stock depletion and coral reef degradation)…
Led by Passion to Clear Unexploded Ordnances
Former Police Bomb Disposal Expert Sets Up Business BY JOHN HOUANIHAU AN ex-Police Staff Sergeant and Bomb Disposal Expert, Michael Barry Makaraiara, who served in the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit for more than 25…