THE first ever 10-year Agriculture Sector Growth Strategy and Investment Plan (ASGSIP 2021-2030) has received overwhelming support and valuable inputs from government line ministries as it going through final consultations for ratification before presentation to Cabinet. This was after a…
BY ALEX DADAMU THERE is a sense in which people are looking at the stimulus package with great expectation. Dr. Transform Aqorau has stated that when all is done and dusted and the world health and economy is stabilized –…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE rural people in Pipisu village in West Are’are in Malaita province will now have better access to health and primary care services, with the recent completion of a new two-story clinic building project. The construction of…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU HONIARA residents must know that water from boreholes installed by Solomon Water is tested and treated first before the water is used for domestic purposes to avoid contracting diseases, Solomon Water Engineer, Ray Anderson has said. The…
BIOSECURITY officers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Friday, last week destroyed the dozen of concealed goods which was impounded from a shipment at the Ports International wharf in Honiara on Thursday 25th February. The goods were destroyed…
BY ALEX DADAMU FOR Half an hour, the roar of the chainsaw entertain the neighbourhood and now, it went silent in the quiet Mbua Valley neighbourhood – to be replaced with the loud thud of a tree safely hitting the…
BY LESLEY FOINAGWA ALICK Kona, the Assistant Fisheries Officer of the Malaita Province, has urged youths to engage in Tilapia fish farming, calling it a ‘profitable business’. Kona was speaking at the fisheries awareness talk program previously held at ward…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU MAJOR changes may come to the way of forecasting the weather in the Pijin version especially on the way weather watch updates, warning, and advisory statements are transferred to the public. The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services (SIMS)…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE availability of financial support is now a major challenge faced by the National Disaster Management Office to ensure that immediate emergency responses are carried throughout disaster-affected communities in the country, according to the Director, Loti Yates.…
BY LESLEY FOINAGWA COMMUNITIES in West Kwaio, Malaita province, are urged to look after their coastal environment by stop throwing plastics into the sea and on the shorelines. Malaita provincial government Assistant Fisheries Officer, Alick Kona made the call recently.…
WORLD Wide Fund (WWF)-Solomon Islands has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. The agreement emphasizes a shared commitment to sustainable fisheries management. It also formalizes joint efforts between WWF and the Government…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SOLOMON Islands can now pursue compensation over recent oil spills in the country. This followed the country’s recent accession to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (‘Bunkers Convention’). A Government statement said…