BY JOHN HOUANIHAU MINISTER of Mines and Energy and Rural Electrification and Member of Parliament for South East Guadalcanal, Honourable Bradley Tovosia has termed the Tina Hydro Development Project as a privilege for the people of Central Guadalcanal. In his…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU HONOURABLE Premier of Guadalcanal Province, Francis Sade has hailed the recent official partnership signing of the 4-year multi-million dollar Tina Hydro Development Project initiative. The SBD1.5 billion and 15 Mega Watt renewable energy project on Tina River,…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A project that aims to farm and manage trees at Kolokisu in Aruligo, North West Guadalcanal now takes shape as part of efforts to tackle and mitigate the effects of Climate Change through planting trees. The Climate…
BY JOHN CHRISMA – FREELANCE JOURNALIST LOCAL cash crop farmers from the New Zealand Camp, Bloody Ridge Community of Central Guadalcanal are currently very worried over the continuing unstable rainy pattern which severely affected their garden produce over the past…
BY AGNES MENANOPO GUADALCANAL Provincial Government leaders have acknowledged the efforts made towards the completion and launching of the Barana Nature and Heritage Park and Environment and Resilience Centre at Barana Community. Supervising Provincial Secretary, Timothy Ngele said these initiatives…
BY AGNES MENANOPO EFFORTS to control and contain the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) have shown positive signs of improvement in the Guadalcanal Plantation Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL). This is according to GPPOL plantation workers and supervisors. Plantation Field Cadet, Junita…
WOMEN farmers in Numbu community, North-East Guadalcanal, are extremely alarmed with the continuous widespread of the destructive pest, Giant African Snail, which has a major effect on their cash crops and livelihoods. There have been widespread reports of snails causing…
THE Community Adaptation Pathways in Solomon Islands (CAPSI) project successfully held a four days ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop, 25-28 September, in Honiara to increase adaptive capacities for four vulnerable communities. The four communities are Nusatuva community on Kolombamgara Island, Western…
LOCAL Forecasters predict the heavy rain and wet season for the remote and southern region of Guadalcanal, within the months of June to August 2018. The southern parts of Guadalcanal province will soon experiencing bad weather during this time of…
