MORE than 20 staff of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs have undertaken training to support the Ministry’s ongoing efforts to standardise gender, social inclusion and human rights in its…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU ALTHOUGH people of Savo are continuing with their normal lives, the Seismology Unit of the Geological Survey Division in Honiara had cautioned them to remain alert after an earthquake triggered some minor seismic activities from the volcano…
TRAININGS on cocoa grafting was conducted for Chale and Uzamba Participatory Action Research (PAR) farmers in the Western Province. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Research Department conducted the field trainings recently at Chale farm in Marovo…
“Ecosystem Restoration – let’s take a step to heal what we have broken”. I am so thankful to you all for this wonderful opportunity to be part of a global event celebration held in a rural community outside of Honiara.…
BY MIKE TUA THE Green Party Solomon Islands has launched its first-ever Convention for this year, which they aimed for the 2024 upcoming National General Elections, pledging interested individuals to become members of the Party. In the two days convention…
BY JOHN CHRISMA YOUNG students of Woodford International School have come up with a innovative idea to create rubbish bins made out of empty mineral water plastic containers.. Just recently, on 14 April, Woodford International School organized the annual S.T.E.A.M…
Biosecurity officers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) conducted a one-day awareness training on integrated pest and disease management for Komuniboli community members in East Guadalcanal on 15th April 2021. Focused on pest control, specifically on Giant African…
OFFICERS of the Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI) within the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) are currently investigating an alleged Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes Rhinoceros) attack on Noni plant at Baunasaitonga Noni Farm in East Guadalcanal. Following reports of the…
BY JOHN CHRISMA RURAL cocoa farmers in the Sagalu Ward, North West Guadalcanal are worried as rats are eating up their cocoa pods, which may destroy the productivity of their cocoa plantations. The farmers are now calling for the government’s…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU ONE of the reasons for the failure of protecting the Solomon Islands’ pristine coral reefs is the lack of providing education or awareness to coastal communities on the fisheries laws and regulations, regarding the importance and benefits…
BY JOHN CHRISMA UNIDENTIFIED fishermen sighted on outboard motors are continuing with the use of improvised dynamite explosives to kill schools of fish for easy harvesting along the coastal waters of North-West Guadalcanal, according to a rural fisherman from Aruligho,…
A Kava training for farmers in the Northern part of Vella La Vella Island in the Western Province was deemed successful. Farmers from three selected villages including Iriqila, Karaka and Valapata undertook the demonstration training from 17th-25th November 2020, facilitated…