BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FORMER intern at the Solomon Breweries Limited, Franklin Fiuta has previously left his job after being temporarily laid off during the economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Franklin is a qualified mechanical engineer,…
REPRESENTATIVES from the government, private sector, civil society, and development agencies have validated a new draft climate finance and public spending roadmap for the Solomon Islands. The validation rounded off a half-day workshop in Honiara, on Friday 12 August. The…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FOIROBO Tribal Biodiversity Conservation Association in North East Malaita, Malaita province has recently welcomed and celebrated a milestone project aimed to protect their forest as a solution to the effects of Climate Change. In a ceremony to…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare launched the Solomon Islands Renewable Energy Roadmap on Friday 22 July – announcing major reforms in the energy sector in the areas of policy, legislation, regulation, institutional, financial, and management arrangements. The new Roadmap provides the…
A delegation of Lenders flew into Honiara last week, marking the first face-to-face supervisedLenders’ mission for the Tina River Hydropower Development Project before COVID-19 andthe closing of international borders. Representatives from the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Korea…
PRIME Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare and his Fijian counterpart, Hon. Frank Bainimarama have today signed a historical Maritime Boundary Agreement. The signing is consistent with the intention of all PIF Members to maintain maritime zones in the face of climate…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Pacific Islands Student Fighting Climate Change has the perspective that Climate Change is a human rights crisis, according to Cynthia Houiuhi, Pacifiki Services legal officer. Ms. Houiuhi, who is also a founding member and President of…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU YOUNG Freelance Journalist, Jeremy Gwao said he was thrilled upon receiving his MEDIA award in ‘Climate Reporting’ on Saturday 18 June during this year’s 2022 Media award night. He said he was beyond blessed to receive such…
BY ALADDIN EVO WAIMAPURA National Secondary School in Makira Ulawa Province is 231 km from Honiara and is 16.8 km from the nearest Solar Power Grid at Kirakira. With the increased high demand for electrical power and its cost especially…
BY ALEX DADAMU AND LIONEL TAORAO THE recent extension of the Ulawa Hydro Power Project in the Makira Ulawa Province to the Northern Ulawa region is being disputed by claimed land owners in a meeting held by the Haraina community…
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…
“Each and every species of wildlife whether it be birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and plants have the right to exist in this world, if we fail to protect nature, then nature will inevitably seek to take its revenge. This is…