BY JOHN HOUANIHAU IN MALAITA SINCE their supply of clean drinking water was exhausted eight years ago, the people of Pipisu village in West Are’are, Malaita province including women, youth, and children, have been forced to walk great distances in…
THE highly priced Durian fruit crop has the potential to benefit farmers in Malaita Province following a recent discovery that the crop already yielded substantial revenue for existing rural farmers in Dala, West Kwara’ae constituency. This has prompted the Malaita…
THE Bina Harbour Development Project and other Solomon Islands initiatives are heading to COP28 in Dubai to partake in the annual gathering of all nations that have signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). A Solomon Island…
THE KIRA Forest Biodiversity Conservation Foundation in East ‘Are‘Are has become the first conservation group in Malaita Province to be declared as Protected Area, PA, under the Protected Areas Act 2010. A historical and moving ceremony was conducted at KIRA…
ACCESS to electricity in rural areas of Solomon Islands is a widespread issue faced by most communities living in those parts of the country. The Stimulating Progress Towards Improved Rural Electrification in Solomon Islands (SPIRES) project, implemented thru UNDP by…
SOLOMON Islands Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure Development, Manasseh Maelanga, called on donors to continue joining hands to support infrastructure development for the Bina Harbour project at the Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Brisbane, Australia, last week. Minister for…
THE Bina Harbour Project team have taken to the stage to deliver a session on the Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant investment opportunity at the annual Pacific Tuna Forum being held in Papua New Guinea (PNG) this week. The forum,…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU CONSTITUENTS in Small Malaita Constituency have raised concerns regarding the lack of improvement and deteriorating condition of key infrastructure within their constituency. This infrastructure includes roads, wharves, and bridges, which are essential for the movement of goods…
THE Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant Project has achieved another significant milestone to progress its business case with a Project Focus Week being held in Honiara this week. The emphasis will be on extensive consultation and engagement of stakeholders from…
THROUGH the support of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus, assistance funded by Australia and New Zealand had been provided to Goshen Enterprise LTD with the provision of 500 harvest bins. This is to assist the company…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A Taro training workshop for rural farmers was successfully held at Nariekeara Village in West Are’are, Malaita Province. Forty (40) participants (men and women) from Communities within Ward twenty-four (24) attended the two-day workshop that was funded…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SPIRES Project, a leading initiative under the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification and Solomon Power has previously unveiled plans for a pilot solar renewable energy electrification project aimed to help the Rokera Provincial Secondary School.…