THE 23rd Annual Ministerial Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) and the 5th Annual Regional Fisheries Ministers Meeting commenced yesterday at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Headquarters in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The event was officially opened by the Acting Prime…
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…
SOLOMON Islands emphasized the pressing need for strengthened global partnerships and increased climate finance to address the unique challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) during a high-level panel discussion on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum on…
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 Ministry of Forestry and Research has embarked on its 100 days priorities as mandated under the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) has kicked start with log export monitoring and compliance checks. The Ministry has been critized by…
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…
CHEROA Waste Management Services, a newly operated waste management company in Honiara, is enhancing its efforts to develop sustainable and eco-friendly waste disposal methods due to the increasing daily waste generation. Cheroa established its operations in 2023 to address the…
AGENCIES Network Disaster Operations is undertaking retrofitting work in targeted communities across four provinces: Guadalcanal, Western, Malaita, Choiseul, Makira, and Central Island Provinces. This initiative is part of the Disaster READY program, funded by the Australian government through the Department…
THE Honourable Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Franklyn Derek Wasi has outlined top priorities he plans to achieve with the support of his staff during his tenure in office to boost the development of agriculture sector…
BY JOY OFASIA DR. Transform Aqorau, Vice Chancellor of Solomon Islands National University, highlighted the need to economically protect the Solomon Islands and other Pacific Islands’ coconut industries during the Coconut Pest Conference 2024. The four-day Coconut Pest Conference is…
Prioritizes $5 million funding to support local cocoa farmers and buyers to rejuvenate the industry The new Honourable Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Franklyn Derek Wasi says he is pushing for the availability of more funds…