Supporting Local Cocoa Farmers, Empowering Communities
AUSTRALIA’S support for Solomon Islands’ cocoa sector continues to grow with the announcement of its latest partnership with Tupaghotua Cocoa Plantation (TCP), a local woman-owned business in Guadalcanal. TCP is well known for producing and exporting high quality dried cocoa…
PM Manele Acknowledged Outgoing FFA’S DG
THE Prime Minister, Honourable Jeremiah Manele, MP, acknowledged the outgoing Director-General of the Forum Fisheries Agency, Dr. Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen, for her outstanding contributions to the FFA over the last two decades. Prime Minister Manele acknowledged Dr. Manu, as she is…
First-Ever Climate Change and Disaster Disability Inclusion Dialogue
BY CHRIS ALEX THE first-ever Climate Change and Disaster Disability Inclusion Dialogue was held yesterday at the Saint Barnabas Hall in Honiara, a collaboration between Oxfam in the Pacific and the Disabled People’s Association Solomon Islands (DPASI). The one-day event…
Signing of CAUSE II to Strengthen Climate Resilience and Economic Access in Solomon Islands
THE Solomon Islands Government and the World Bank signed the financing agreements that will enable Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement Project II (CAUSE II) to move into the implementation phase. The signatories on the 5th November ceremony at the…
Solomon Islands Minister for Environment Delivers Remarks at CBD COP 16 in Cali, Colombia
Cali, Colombia – The Honorable Trevor Manemahaga, Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management, and Meteorology of the Solomon Islands, delivered impactful remarks at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held…