THE newly appointed Fisheries Advisory Council (FAC) wasted no time in familiarizing themselves with their roles and responsibilities. During their first meeting, the Heads of Divisions and Programmes from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) provided important updates…
PUBLIC awareness to ban single use plastics in the country will start soon. A Technical Working Committee is now well into its preparation to have the regulation in place. Chaired by the MECDM Deputy Secretary Corporate Mr. Karl Kuper, the…
THE hydrographic survey in Noro and the adjacent sea area under JICA’s Technical Cooperation project for Development Planning started on June 14. The survey is jointly conducted by Aero Asahi Corporation (AAC)), the project consultant contracted by JICA and the…
CONSTRUCTION works on the access roads to the Tina River Hydropower Development Project (TRHDP) dam site (Lot 2-2) and power station (Lot 3-1) is progressing, despite initial delays which included clearance of the final set of Construction Environment & Social…
WHILE the Tina River Hydropower Development Project is a national priority set to deliver many benefits to the people of its islands, the project area, located on the Tina River tributary of the Ngalimbiu river, 30 kms north of Honiara…
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.…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU RENOWNED local agricultural entomologist, Dr. Maclean Vaqalo, sheds light on the various factors contributing to the decline in local butterfly populations, jeopardizing a potential million-dollar revenue stream for the Solomon Islands. An entomologist at the Secretariat of…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU LOCALLY produced Noni juice that’s been manufactured into beverages by Wild Noni, an Australian-based company has been marketed through the major stores in the United States of America. Noni fruits are organically grown, freshly harvested, and mature…
AFTER years of preparation work, the final construction Environmental and Safeguard Management Plan for the Tina River Hydropower Development Project has been approved last month. The Project’s holding company Tina Hydro Ltd. (THL) and its construction partner Hyundai Engineering Company…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU OVER the past years, native forest rangers of the Ahetaha Water Conservation Association in Manawai Harbour in east Are’are, Malaita province have sacrificed their conservation and management skills to protect their forests. Earlier this month from May…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU VIRU Harbour community, the Western province is the first community selected in the Solomon Islands to participate in the Forest Carbon Activity of the U.S Millennium Challenge Corporation – Solomon Islands Threshold Program, according to the Vice…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Government of the Solomon Islands values the development outcomes stipulated under the Millennium Challenge Corporation Solomon Islands Threshold Program. The Millennium Challenge Corporation -Solomon Islands Threshold Program (MCC-SITHP) is a four-year $20 million grant investment developed…