BY ALEX DADAMU PEOPLE love fish and often at times, the hard work of Fishermen were disregarded and overlooked. The Trade of fishing is no easy task. But some families in rural areas in the Solomon Islands are depending on…
BY ALEX DADAMU PACIFIC Meteorological Desk Partnership at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has confirmed the arrival of La Niña in the Pacific. Whilst the impacts of La Niña will vary from country to country, Solomon…
BY MIKE TUA THE COVID-19 global pandemic has allowed Solomon Islands including regional aspiring and experienced journalists to connect using the ‘Zoom’ – an online platform for this year’s Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum virtual media workshop. The four-day virtual…
BY ALEX DADAMU WHILE the country is fighting the war against the Coronavirus Pandemic, an environmental health issue that has been around for quite sometimes now and has become an eye-sore to suburbs in and around Honiara City is the…
BY JOHN CHRISMA ITS official – Solomon Island National University’s Panatina Campus – single ablution block has been described by a student as bad and smelly; needing urgent attention. A concerned student, Margret Aumamua said that recently the situation is…
BY JOHN CHRISMA FIBREGLASS boat builder encourages fishermen and other fiberglass boat owners in the Solomon Islands that old broken fiberglass boats are still useful if repaired and to decrease littering and contaminating our coastlines. Over the years, Business owner…
BY TAVAKE SIMON HANA’AROA 183 Kava farmers in the weather coast region of Guadalcanal now have the knowledge capacity to enhance kava production and boosting agricultural economic activities in their region, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has reported.…
BY TAVAKE SIMON HANA’AROA WITH the current widespread of kava farming across the country, kava farmers in Guadalcanal province together with its provincial government are aiming to produce at least up to 5 metric tons of kava by 2023. This…
BY JOHN CHRISMA TO make sure our roads are safe and efficient for all road users; Lee Kwok Kuen Company recently resealed more than 20km of feeder roads access across the Henderson area through its road repair and maintenance works…
BY ALEX DADAMU THE allocations in the 2020 Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2020 and the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) are merely a stop-gap measure designed to hold the fort, not exploit the opportunities in agriculture posed by the current COVID-19 situation.…
BY ALEX DADAMU CLIMATE change was never a priority for the government for many years under normal conditions and now under COVID pressures, climate considerations have been almost totally forgotten, says Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale. Hon.…
BY JOHN CHRISMA THE North West Guadalcanal Subsistent Farmers Association has urged all Noni farmers within its constituency to make their Identification (ID) cards before eligible to sell their Noni product to the Association. A Member of the North West…