RENOVATION works on the Malu’u Fisheries Center in North Malaita is nearing completion. This project is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources under the overall government policy…
MORE than 4000 people in seven communities affected by the Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold in April 2020 will now benefit from the newly restored and constructed water supply system. Previously, community members had to walk more than 1.5 kilometers to…
THE National Government through its key ministries have signed a Memorandum of Agreement, MOA, to pave the way for the implementation of the revitalisation process of the Commodities Export Marketing, CEMA, this week. The MOA was signed by the respective…
NORTHWEST Guadalcanal is anticipating an increase in pig production activity after the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Livestock Department conducted a three-day piggery training aimed at enhancing pig farmers capacity in the area last week. Deputy Director…
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Livestock Department recently conducted a capacity boost up training on pig husbandry practices and management for farmers at Falake community in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province. Deputy Director of Livestock and Veterinary…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU LAU/Baelelea constituency in North Malaita, Malaita province is seeing an increase of rice farmers as more 120 farmers in the communities avail their lands for the development according to local farmer John Samani. In an interview with Environment…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU John Samani did his form one to five at the St Joseph Tenaru in late 1990 after formally completing his primary school education at Takwoa primary school in North Malaita, Malaita province. Since he left high school,…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE FOIROBO tribe in Baegu-Asifola in Northeast Malaita will be the first conservation group to established a conservation initiative in that particular region. This comes following the successful launching of the new association which was held at…
BY JOHN CHRISMA The Owner of Dolphins View beach in North West Guadalcanal, Alistair Morris Pae recently kept more than 300 turtles eggs on their beach at Aruligho and help them hatch. Mr. Morris Pae said he kept those eggs…
THE Solomon Islands Meteorological Services is simplifying the technical language used in weather forecasts and warnings in collaboration with NGOs to help local communities prepare for disaster events. A new Tropical Cyclone Tracking Map, using a simple coordinate grid, was…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU IT is the first time for the government’s agriculture ministry and the country to have an agriculture 10-year strategy plan, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Ethel Tebengi Frances. In the wake…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Honourable Premier of Guadalcanal Province, Francis Sade has demanded the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock’s Permanent Secretary to pursue the national government to impose an effective ban on the sales of betel nut on Guadalcanal. Premier…