BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Ahetaha Water Conservation Association has successfully strengthened the capacity of its local rangers in a three-day Forest Enrichment training atAhetaha of Manawai Harbour, East Are Are Malaita province from May 9 – 11. Forest Enrichmentis about…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Labour Mobility Scheme continues to bring huge remittances to the country. Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency, Rod Hilton was in Auki this week and the scheme was amongst other development areas discussed with…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUSTRALIAN High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Rod Hilton and Premier of Malaita province Martin Fini signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to begin work on the Malu’u market project. The MOU was signed on Monday…
Australia hands over community projects in Malaita, MOU signed for Maluu market BY SAMIE WAIKORI Australia’s high commission this week has been busy handing over completed community projects in Malaita province and signing a memorandum of understanding for the $15million…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Malaita’s new government has promised to deliver its 11th hour multi-million dollar project, which encompasses many small projects for the communities. These national projects centre on infrastructure sector and if implemented, would put Malaita province higher in…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Fini-led Malaita New Government for Fundamental Redirection (MNGFR) provincial government of Malaita province launched its policy roadmap in Auki on Friday 28th of April. Speaking during the launching of the policy, Premier Martin Fini said the…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Provincial Forestry Office in Auki will issue a timber right notice for a proposed logging operation within Su’u areas of West Kwaio in Malaita province. The notice is expected to be pinned up next week to…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Reforestation is on a high in Malaita province, and the provincial forestry office wants this to continue. Malaita’s reforestation office says it will soon begin awareness programmes for farmers who want to carry out reforestation on their…
Harvesting and exporting of prohibited Vitex trees reported in West Are’are Lagoon BY SAMIE WAIKORI Locals in the West Are’are lagoon have reported that a logging company is harvesting prohibited Vitex tree species and exporting them as round logs. The…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI MALAITA Provincial Government hopes for a better result on its PCDF status this time-round, as assessment for 2022/2023 expects for this month. Last year, MPG disqualified for the programme and it severely affected implementation of its earmarked…