EAST Malaita Constituency (EMC) has commenced initial discussions with Aluta Basin landowning tribes on the national government’s proposal towards establishing rice farming for interested farmers within the Aluta Basin in Malaita Province. In a meeting held at Tatali growth center…
The Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology and Ministry of Health, The Honiara City Council and JICA has concluded its final Joint Coordinating Committee Meeting of the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FORMER intern at the Solomon Breweries Limited, Franklin Fiuta has previously left his job after being temporarily laid off during the economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Franklin is a qualified mechanical engineer,…
BY LESLEY FOINAGWA MORE than ten coconut farmers in the West Kwaio region of Malaita province have earlier this year received tools from their Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Ward 28, Hon. Clodio Teifi. The plantation tools consist of…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE United Nations Development Programme in partnership with Global Environment Facility Programme has recently awarded Ahetaha Water Conservation Association in East Are’are with a series of small grant projects. With respect to the delivery of the small…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FOIROBO Tribal Biodiversity Conservation Association in North East Malaita, Malaita province has recently welcomed and celebrated a milestone project aimed to protect their forest as a solution to the effects of Climate Change. In a ceremony to…
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) convened the second meeting of the Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant (BHTPP) Project Technical Working Group (TWG) on Tuesday 02 August 2022. The Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant Project is a government…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU AHETAHA Water Conservation Association in East Are’are, Malaita province has recently welcomed and celebrated a milestone project aimed to improve the livelihood of their community. In a ceremony to mark the handing over of a small grant…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU ON the 11th of May 2022 a survey team was dispatched to the Ahetaha Conservation area at East Are’ Are in Malaita Province. Project Coordinator and Solomon Islands Ranger Association General Secretary Edward Huitarau told the Environment…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Ahetaha Communities in East Are ‘are Malaita Province will host a handing-over ceremony on 29 July at Ahetaha Water Conservation in Manawai Harbour. The day was earmarked by these villagers to mark and commemorate the milestone…
A rapid biodiversity assessment conducted for the Ahetaha water conservation association (AWCA) in Malaita Includes New Species records. The Ahetaha Water Conservation Association (AWCA) is an area cushioned into the Manawai harbor at East Are ‘Are in Malaita Province. The…
BY JOY OFASIA A new tipper truck have been added to the Auki Central Market fleet to aid in improved garbage collection in the Malaita provincial township. The new vehicle, was funded by the Government of Australia’s Department of Foreign…