THE four winners of the Parties to Nauru Agreement (PNA) World Tuna Day Art and Talent Quest for 2022 were congratulated by the Minister of Fisheries Hon Nestor Giro at his office on Friday, 20th May 2022. He described this…
A team from the GPG Forestry Division will conduct a week-long field monitoring on logging areas in east Guadalcanal next week. The team will be led by the Minister of Forestry and Mines, Hon. Ishmael Kukiti (MPA for Paripao). The…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FARMSET Limited might be best known for selling the types of agricultural chemical products that locals need, but the company’s newest product is designed for rural farmers in the Solomon Islands. The company has previously introduced solar-powered…
BY JEREMY GWAO FREELANCE JOURNALIST 35-year-old Francis Filia has had to sit in a wheelchair for more than 17 years due to a physical impairment on his spine. From his home in the Solomon Islands, he hears the waves each…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE coastal waters of Kakabona, north-west Guadalcanal, west of Honiara are home to many marine species and reefs. However, the populations of these marine and fish species are now declining (fish stock depletion and coral reef degradation)…
Former Police Bomb Disposal Expert Sets Up Business BY JOHN HOUANIHAU AN ex-Police Staff Sergeant and Bomb Disposal Expert, Michael Barry Makaraiara, who served in the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit for more than 25…
“Each and every species of wildlife whether it be birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and plants have the right to exist in this world, if we fail to protect nature, then nature will inevitably seek to take its revenge. This is…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA A new footbridge construction is underway at Koloe Village, Northeast Choiseul Province, purposely to have easier access between the two sides of the village that is divided by a stream. The expected footbridge according to the Member…
Amongst 39 other communities across the country, Lambu Lambu, community in South East Vella la Vella in the Western Province is the latest community empowered to plan, construct, manage and maintain their own water supply systems, sanitation and personal and…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU NORTH-WEST Guadalcanal’s landscape is quite popular for its vast roadside cocoa and coconut plantations that allows the rural populace to make investments and earn incomes to support their livelihood. As for 15-year-old Stephen and his family at…
THE Solomon Islands Meteorological Service today took delivery of computer equipment from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for Meteorological Data entry, processing, and modeling. The equipment includes 9 laptops, MS Office 2019 standalone license for…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU EAST Central Guadalcanal vanilla farmers whose productions have been crippled in recent years, will benefit from last year’s People’s Republic of China funding to boost vanilla production in their rural setting. Rural Vanilla farmer and Co-Ordinator, Mathew…