PWDSI & SICAN Successfully Stage Climate Change Awareness Programme at Bethseda Disability School
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A one day joint outreach advocacy and awareness programme on Climate Change was successfully held today Thursday 13 May at Bethseda disability school at Henderson area, East Honiara. The program was led by the People with Disability Solomon Islands (PWDSI) in partnership with Solomon Islands Climate Action Network (SICAN). The program today featured power point and skit presentations, opinion survey, and PWDSI and SICAN reps engaging with…
New Era of ‘Job Creators and Entrepreneurs’: Huitarau
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The future of SI “does not belong to Job seekers, but job creators and entrepreneurs. This was according to Solomon Islands Rangers-General Secretary and Mai-Maasina Green Belt (MMGB) Vice Chairman, Mr. Eddie Huitarau when speaking during the…
Malaita Communities Certified in Emergency Response
The Malaita Provincial Disaster Office successfully certified 25 community leaders in Emergency Response Training (ERT), which will give communities the ability to assist authorities and carry out their own assessments in a disaster response event.Representatives from five communities under the…
Poor Husbandry Practices behind Death of 21 Pigs at Aola, East Guadalcanal
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Livestock Department has ruled out any African Swine Fever (ASF) incursion in the country but confirmed death of 21 pigs at Aola communities in East Central Guadalcanal was related to poor…
Trees Removed to Make Way for Highway Road Project
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Many trees that have graced the roadside areas from Panatina to King George Six in East Honiara are expected to be taken down to make way for the second phase of the Kukum Highway Road Upgrade Project.…