BY MYRNE LIVETT WHILE some are concentrating on coastal fishing in the remote islands of Western province, Solomon Islands, Peter Fay is braving the waters fishing sharks. Peter, 55, a Gilbertese settler from Titiana community, Gizo Island have fished for…
PEOPLE from the Vuri clan of Babatana Ward in South Choiseul have celebrated the declaration of their Forest Conservation Area under the Protected Areas law last month. The Vuri Forest Conservation Area (VFCA) – a forest of 574 hectares in…
BY MYRNE LIVETT GIZO TOWN Council is looking forward to take delivery of new three-ton garbage truck, thanks to the Australian Government. The vehicle is funded by the Australian Government with support from the UN Women to assist with the…
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 LIVETT MYRNE COMFORT Isles Media Freelance Reporter in Gizo GIZO RESIDENTS need to realize the importance of organic waste and use it to grow their own food crops rather than dumping it at the town’s dumpsite. Environmental Health inspector,…
BY MYRNE LIVETT Isles Media Freelance Reporter in Gizo CUSTOM GARDEN is leading the way again, training women of west Gizo trail-blazing in the improvement of food security and empowerment of rural women farmers. Custom garden coordinator Michael Derald strongly…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE bad weather warning for the Solomon Islands has been canceled by the Solomon Islands Meteorology Services in Honiara. Solomon Islands Meteorology Services (SIMS) office this week issued the cancellation after days of heavy rain and strong…
BY LIVETT MYRNE COMFORT Ms. LINA Dorovolomo’s passion for learning more about the natural environment since high school, took her to university to study science. After completing a postgrad at the university of south pacific in Fiji, she joined the…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A heavy rain warning is now in force through all the nine provinces in the Solomon Islands, according to the Solomon Island Meteorology Service in Honiara this afternoon. Weather forecasting officer, Edward Maru told environment media that…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU MEMBERS of Siporae Protected Area under the Babatana Rainforest conservation project recently conduct a pre harvesting inventory for carbon calculation. Trees in 26 plots out of a total hectors of 647 within the eligible area of Siporae…
BY KHAMA LINCOLN Gizo Based Isles Media Freelance Reporter AS THE WESTERN PROVINCE’S Headquarters GIZO Town is still without proper water supply for residents years before the 2007 Tsunami, most of the people depends only on rainfalls throughout the months…
BY KHAMA LINCOLN FATHER of Four, Ben Blamoli, 46 from Temotu province, arrived in the Western Solomons in 2009. About three years later he got married to a woman from fishery village and went to settle with his wife’s people…
