HONORABLE Augustine Auga Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) is urging staff of the Ministry to do more than just business as usual. Hon. Auga made the call during a welcome reception hosted for him by staff…
PRIME Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP has commended the work done by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in the Solomon Islands and the region. Speaking during a courtesy visit made by FFA’s Director-General to the Office of…
SOUTH San Jorge Landowner Trustees of the Axiom nickel mine project on San Jorge Island, Isabel Province have expressed delight at the positive feedback from the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) two-member team that inspected the company’s…
THE Department of Agriculture Planning and Management (DAPM) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has successfully held its annual senior staff conference in Honiara. The workshop gathered DAPM Staff and provincial coordinators from the nine provinces including Honiara…
RESEARCH scientists from AgResearch, a New Zealand Government research institute to give updates to the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock (MAL) and Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI) on their research work involving CRB-G. Sean Marshall and Trevor Jackson have been working…
PEOPLE of East Rennell remain sceptical, and became angry, that they have not seen any significant economic benefit from the World Heritage Site (WHS) program since its inception in 1998. Their frustrations were voiced when a joint reactive team from…
A Joint Reactive Monitoring Mission to East Rennell World Heritage Site (ERWHS) has successfully completed their week-long assessment of the conservation program. The assessment was undertaken and accomplished from 14th -18th May. The team comprised of officers from World Heritage…
SERIOUS emphasis into integrating conservation and any development aspiration at the national, provincial and community level should be an approach to balancing the equation to the country’s today’s growing issues. Undersecretary Technical, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and…
THERE are fears that the ongoing mining operations at West Rennell will enter the country’s only World Heritage Site Lake Tegano at Eastern tip of the Polynesian atoll. But Bintan Mining Company (BMC) Rennell Operations Manager Allen Hu states it…
IN a response to the Caretaker Minister of Mines Bradley Tovosia’s, Axiom CEO Ryan Mount said, “Mr Tovosia’s recent statements at his press conference again shows the Minister’s total disregard and total contempt for the needs of the good people…