BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SPIRES Project, a leading initiative under the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification and Solomon Power has previously unveiled plans for a pilot solar renewable energy electrification project aimed to help the Rokera Provincial Secondary School.…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU RENOWNED local agricultural entomologist, Dr. Maclean Vaqalo, sheds light on the various factors contributing to the decline in local butterfly populations, jeopardizing a potential million-dollar revenue stream for the Solomon Islands. An entomologist at the Secretariat of…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU LOCALLY produced Noni juice that’s been manufactured into beverages by Wild Noni, an Australian-based company has been marketed through the major stores in the United States of America. Noni fruits are organically grown, freshly harvested, and mature…
AFTER years of preparation work, the final construction Environmental and Safeguard Management Plan for the Tina River Hydropower Development Project has been approved last month. The Project’s holding company Tina Hydro Ltd. (THL) and its construction partner Hyundai Engineering Company…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU OVER the past years, native forest rangers of the Ahetaha Water Conservation Association in Manawai Harbour in east Are’are, Malaita province have sacrificed their conservation and management skills to protect their forests. Earlier this month from May…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU VIRU Harbour community, the Western province is the first community selected in the Solomon Islands to participate in the Forest Carbon Activity of the U.S Millennium Challenge Corporation – Solomon Islands Threshold Program, according to the Vice…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Government of the Solomon Islands values the development outcomes stipulated under the Millennium Challenge Corporation Solomon Islands Threshold Program. The Millennium Challenge Corporation -Solomon Islands Threshold Program (MCC-SITHP) is a four-year $20 million grant investment developed…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU MASSIVE levels of road dust have polluted the surrounding air space over parts of east Honiara. The current level of air pollution from the dust has become a cause for worry for residents, businesses, vehicle owners, and…
Solomon Water would like to inform our valued customers that recent heavy rainfalls has impacted our supply and many Honiara residents have been without water over the past few days. Supply was turned off on Wednesday 17 May because of…
WORK on the Community Benefit Sharing Project water supply systems for various communities in the Tina River Hydropower catchment area is nearing completion with another local contractor, Felice Berrigan Quantity Surveyors engaged to complete the plumbing and construction activities. Section…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE pavement overlay and reconstruction work on the existing surface of the Munda international airport runway on New Georgia Island, Western Province is making positive progress, according to China Harbour Engineering Company’s Environmental Supervisor, Arnold Clive. In…
Following the impacts of the couple Tropical Cyclone Kevin and Judy, the Solomon Islands Government through the National Disaster Management Office had finally ready to dispatch relief boat to the affected communities of Tikopia, Aunta, Duff and Reef Islands in…