THE Tina River Hydropower Development Project has entered a new phase with construction commencing on the main dam and powerhouse. To celebrate the start of construction of the hydropower facility, Prime Minister Manele attended an official ceremony alongside Australian High…
THE Solomon Islands marks a new beginning for the green energy sector at the ceremony for the Main Works of the Tina Hydro Project at the proposed powerhouse site. The event was attended by Honorable Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, various…
SENIOR supervisory officials from the Administration and Management Institute (AMI) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the People’s Republic of China on October 6, 2024, visited SAPE farm in North Guadalcanal. The MARA team is comprised…
THE Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology (MECDM) successfully conducted provincial consultations on the draft Environment Bill 2023 for Rennell-Bellona Province and East Guadalcanal on September 4th, 2024, in Honiara and Marau Station respectively. The Honiara consultation…
SOLOMON Islands long wait to meet international market standard requirements for the export of agricultural products will soon be a thing of the past. Thanks to a National Government funded building complex to house a vapor heat treatment plant at…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) will conduct a Render Safe Procedure (RSP) operation to dispose of a live bomb found in the Vilu area, North West Guadalcanal, on 22 August 2024. The operation…
BY JOY OFASIA THE Solomon Islands, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is taking significant strides to bolster tsunami preparedness and safeguard its communities, according to USAID on Facebook. This partnership involves multiple initiatives aimed…
BY JOHN CHRISMA (SUNDAY ISLES FREELANCER) A quiet but intense gold rush is taking place on the banks of the Mamasa River in the center of Central Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Amid the lush greenery and soft sound of…
AUSTRALIAN High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Rod Hilton travelled with Member of Parliament for Northwest Guadalcanal, Hon Francis Sade, to Bubumala Village to formally open the Bubumala Community Water Supply Project, funded by Australia and built by Solomon…
DONATION Kelisuia is a 24-year-old from Namoku Village, Avuavu Ward, East Guadalcanal. Donation has eight siblings; he is the fifth born in the family. His village, Namoku, is one of the most remote villages in Guadalcanal. It is a small…
TWO cocoa farmers in North Guadalcanal and Northeast Guadalcanal received support from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) through its Soul Cocoa Plus Livelihood Project (SCPLP) on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Project Officer for SCPLP, Reidly Harold, along with…
THE Divit Girls Rural Training Centre (DGRTC), owned and operated by the Catholic Church at Visale in West Guadalcanal, has delighted with a one-week Disaster Preparedness and Evacuation Centre Management (DPECM) training facilitated by the Church Agencies Network Disaster Operations…