CENTRAL Makira Constituency (CMC) has delivered 16 water tanks worth more than 300k for its rural water and sanitation program on 19 October 2023. CMC office under the leadership of Honourable Member of Parliament (MP) Nestor Ghiro facilitated the project.…
By Lionel Taorao Freelance Journalist The Makira Ulawa Provincial Disaster Operation Committee from Kira Kira has successfully completed an assessment on Ulawa Island visiting communities affected by the recent heavy rain which also caused severe flooding in various areas around…
BY LIONEL TAORAO FREELANCE JOURNALIST COMMUNITIES on Ulawa Island in the Makira Ulawa Province are currently experiencing the worst rainy season in the past few days resulting in major flooding across the island. Reports say that many communities around Ulawa…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE primary supply of drinking water for thousands of rural households in Makira/Ulawa province’s Arosi One has been contaminated with hazardous wastes and murky turbidity as a result of the continued commercial logging operations on their river…
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…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A strong wind warning ‘number five’ has been issued by the Solomon Islands meteorological service at 7 am this morning, 21st September 2022. The strong wind warning is current for waters of Rennell & Bellona, Makira and…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU MANITA Youth Farm in Makira Ulawa Province last week marked the birth of their Association on July 19. “We marked the one-year anniversary of the association on 19 July,” Facilitator and coordinator, Donnis Ramogetea confirmed to Environment…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A local youth group in Central Makira, West Bauro district has ventured into copra production and local garden crops farming as a means to generate income to support their daily living. Called the ‘Manita Youth Farming’, the…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU STRONG wind warning number three has been issued at 4pm today Monday 13 June. This is for the waters of Temotu, Makira, Rennell and Bellona and the southern waters of Russell Islands, Guadalcanal and western provinces. The…
BY ALADDIN EVO WAIMAPURA National Secondary School in Makira Ulawa Province is 231 km from Honiara and is 16.8 km from the nearest Solar Power Grid at Kirakira. With the increased high demand for electrical power and its cost especially…
BY ALEX DADAMU AND LIONEL TAORAO THE recent extension of the Ulawa Hydro Power Project in the Makira Ulawa Province to the Northern Ulawa region is being disputed by claimed land owners in a meeting held by the Haraina community…
FOUR Schools and eight communities in Makira Ulawa Province took delivery of new Tropical Cyclone Tracking Maps and basic weather equipment at the provincial capital Kirakira on Wednesday 1st June 2022. The handing over is the result of a collaborative…
