Honiara, Solomon Islands (2 May 2023) This week, under the Solomon Islands-Australia partnership for disaster resilience, the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) launched the second round of induction training for its region-leading National Emergency Response Team (NERT) program. The training,…
AFTER almost 40 years, Abilyn Chenisi and her fellow villagers living in Horohotu 2 (Verabariki) Central Guadalcanal, can now finally enjoy access from a reliable and fresh water supply at their homes, thanks to the Community Benefits Sharing Project (CBSP).…
PRIVATE VIEWPOINT: An Australian Owned Logging Company Has Departed For Dokoso Customary Land, Southeast Of Vangunu Island Despites Very Strong Opposition from Zaira Based Dokoso Tribal Land Owners BY JINO HANZ HERE, ZAIRA VILLAGE, SOUTH VANGUNU, WESTERN PROVINCE Contact: 7970443…
Solomon Islands Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Permanent Representative to the European Union, His Excellency Mr Moses Kouni Moses, expressed grave concerns towards the current challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Food insecurity. Ambassador Mose…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU PIPISU and Masihuro community in West Are’are have called on the responsible provincial and national authorities to urgently supply them with food relief supplies after most of their garden was damaged over the last weekend. Reports reaching…
BY LIONEL TAORAO in Ulawa Island, Makira/Ulawa Province THE number of people venturing into beekeeping on Ulawa Island has increased recently, as the buying price for bulk honey on Ulawa continues to increase. The increase, according to some long-time beekeeping…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele has handed over a new Taro pack house building to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock at Adeliua, Fiu on Malaita Province. The new pack house is worth SBD $1.5…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU WHEN the Director of Palmer Organic Farm, Tony Inben started introducing newly imported brands of organic products and using them to grow cabbage and other root crops in farms at Taloa and Metapona in East Guadalcanal, he…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A married couple in the Solomon Islands has previously taken up a bold step to set up a ‘Conservation Association’ that will help survive, fight and protect the tribal rainforest in the heart of the central highlands…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THIS years Are’are Arahana leadership forum held at the Hautahe village in East Are‘are, Malaita province served as a roadmap for community leaders and chiefs to understand and tackle the complex traditional land tenure system and natural…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A new Association has been launched as the latest step in protecting the rich and rare rainforest in the remote central highlands of East Are’are in the province of Malaita. Roreaita Biodiversity Rainforest Conservation Association has been…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU AT a time when the majority of youth dropouts in the Solomon Islands are busy chasing seasonal employment opportunities and other ways to earn a living, a teenager from Marovo Lagoon in the Western province has not…