BY JENNIFER KUSAPA REMOTE island provinces in the Solomon Islands are calling on the government to extend the beche-de-mer open period to a year. A concerned man from Duff Island, Temotu province, Walter Baddeley said that the open-season is too…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) is still in the process of deciding who will be the four beche-de-mer export licence holders. This was confirmed by the Ministry’s Director Mr Edward Honiwala to Island Sun…
Kwailabesi landowners threaten to close down Church’s development BY BEN BILUA SEVENTH Day Adventist Mission’s developments in Kwailabesi, North Malaita, is facing a stop-threat from disgruntled landowners. Spokesperson of Kao Tribe – the tribe which looks after Kwailabesi land,…
A TWO-day provincial dissemination workshop on the “Solomon Islands Demographic and Health Survey 2015” (SI DHS 2015) for Guadalcanal Province (GP) was successfully held and concluded on Wednesday September 20, 2017. The event was held at the Star Event Conference…
DEAR EDITOR, According to late evening news bulletin from Radio New Zealand (RNZI) tonight, 20 September 2017, Fiji has been lauded for taking on COP23 presidency. Quoting RNZI the bulletin said: “A German government official, Jochen Flasbarth, says Fiji’s decision…
DEAR EDITOR, last week the Acting Prime Minister received a petition from a representative of the local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) which called for the re-introduction of a raft of anti-corruption legislation earlier withdrawn from Parliament by the Prime Minister.…
DEAR EDITOR, on the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands the registered charity trust, ‘Hearts of Hope,’ administered daily by a dedicated team of volunteer women cares for thousands of orphans and elderly widows that are scattered across the…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA DR Reginald Aipia questions why the Ministry of Fisheries is not considering arresting people who had harvested Beche-de-mer when the ban was still in place. Aipia, one of Solomon Islands’ renowned medical doctors, was brought in by…
MANASSEH SOGAVARE, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, noted that 2017 had been dominated by intentional provocations and natural disasters. Emphasizing the need to address the needs of the 65 million people around the world who had been forcibly displaced…
SOLOMON Islands students in USP’s Laucala campus, Fiji, have elected the new Solomon Islands Students Association (SISA) Executive over the weekend. The SISA Executive consists of the President, Vice President, Treasurer and the Secretary who manage the association in one-year…
