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…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU GUADALCANAL medical doctor who has 40 hectares of farm, dedicated to farming cassava and potatoes wants everyone to know his farm also promotes the health benefits of cassava eating. Managing Director of Sape farm, Dr. Paulson Bosawai…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE catastrophic impacts of climate change in the Solomon Islands have a dire effect on the livelihood of people living with disability in the country says People with Disability Solomon Islands Country Manager, Casper Fa’asala. Casper Fa’asala…
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 JOHN HOUANIHAU A resident of North Guadalcanal, who is currently the President of the North Guadalcanal Bus Association James Para is calling on the government to fix the appalling roads north of Guadalcanal province. He said the nature of…
REPRESENTATIVES from the government, private sector, civil society, and development agencies have validated a new draft climate finance and public spending roadmap for the Solomon Islands. The validation rounded off a half-day workshop in Honiara, on Friday 12 August. The…
BY MYRNE LIVETT THE Government’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock aims to improve the delivery with the rollout of the World Banks funded, Solomon Islands Agriculture Rural Transformation Program in the country, says Deputy Director Project, McDonnell Hiva. The World…
BY MYRNE LIVETT DEPUTY Secretary Technical, Michael Ho’ota has admitted that the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock officers are not able to reach out to rural communities in the country due to weak logistics support and not enough funding. The…
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…
