Forum recognises our young people as strong advocates at COP26 & COP27 By EDDIE OSIFELO PACIFIC Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna has acknowledged the young people of Solomon Islands to be strong advocates as youth climate champions, at the…
MARA backs USAID project BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Suidani-led MARA government is supporting the USAID SCALE project – carbon trading. Speaking when delivering his budget speech yesterday, Premier Daniel Suidani said the country has been operating under an exploitative and…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AHETAHA Water Conservation Association (AWCA) has successfully completed a two-day training on Village and Community WASH Bottleneck Analysis Manual for 12 communities in East Are Are. The training happened at Ahetaha conservation village from December 26-27, 2022…
BY BEN BILUA TEN communities in Western Province successfully completed a series of Rangers training earlier this month. Representatives from Kolombangara Island, Munda, Rannonga Island, Simbo Island, Vella la vella Island and Gizo Island were part of the training. The…
BY IRWIN ANGIKI Bellona is the typical tropical paradise island. A high-raised limestone atoll draped in lush green, sitting on the blue ocean and usually described as an island “where milk and honey flow”. But, little is known that this…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE Initial Damage Assessment (IDA) for the 7.0 earthquake of November 22 has completed. Guadalcanal province emergency operations centre (PEOC) conducted the IDA, completing it on December 8. PEOC’s findings say more than 18,000 people were exposed…
By EDDIE OSIFELO OPPOSITION Leader Matthew Wale is not convinced that the Government is paying more attention to address climate change in the country. Speaking at the sine die motion in Parliament on December 15, Wale said climate change and…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Forestry and Research is not aware of the $1 million allocation for Kolombangara Land Trust Fund in Western Province. Minister Dickson Mua Panakitasi confirmed this when asked by Leader of Opposition, Mathew Wale during the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Forestry and Research is not aware of the $1 million allocation for Kolombangara Land Trust Fund in Western Province. Minister Dickson Mua Panakitasi confirmed this when asked by Leader of Opposition, Mathew Wale during the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ABOUT five groups from overseas who are interested to pay resource owners’ carbon from their forests, are in the country. Minister for Forestry and Research, Dickson Mua Panakitasi warned resource owners who want to go into carbon…
