First female rangers help save leatherback turtles
SASAKOLO beach looks like any other in the South Pacific: a strip of sand buttressed by coconut palms, low green hill rising in the distance.
Located near Kafulapu community, this unassuming patch of land is...
Coastal villages hit hard by rising seas
By EDDIE OSIFELO
The threat of sea level rise on the sea coasts of Solomon Islands is real.
The country lies east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and 3,280 km to Australia, has...
Climate Change changes the atolls lifestyles
By EDDIE OSIFELO
CLIMATE change is changing the social fabrics of the tiny atolls of Malaita Outer Islands in Solomon Islands.
The small community which practised communal system, starting to see it eroding because of the...
Sinking island
Schuijl produces documentary about Ontong Java
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
A feature-length documentary on Ontong Java, in the Malaita Outer Islands, whose inhabitants continue to live under existential threats of climate change has been released.
Two filmakers from...
MARA gov’t plans important projects for Auki
BY SAMIE WAIKORI
AUKI
THE Suidani-led MARA government is planning to kick off work on some important projects for Auki Township.
The projects include Auki dumpsite, cemetery, and Flea market.
Premier Daniel Suidani said a plan is in...
Anywhere under the sun
Future is here with Solar computers made available for rural users
THE lack of access to computers in rural communities has forced a local entrepreneur to invest in providing cheap and accessible solar powered computers...
Solomon Islander joins East-West Centre
AS she settles into her new apartment in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, Dr Tammy Tabe reflects on her life’s journeys.
The young Solomon Islander woman recently moved to Honolulu to take up an appointment as a fellow...
Isabel landowners fight for ownership over Tubi logs
OFANI EREMAE
WHEN Malaysian loggerRichard Kong Sing Ngea pleaded guilty in December 2020 to the illegal harvesting of Tubi trees in Solomons’ Isabel Province, tribal leader Wilson Tohidi was thrilled.
Ngea’s admittance of guilt, Tohidi believes,...
Sinking sands in the Western Solomons
BY BEN BILUA
Gizo
As dawn broke in the Western Solomons, frigate birds were searching for their resting place only to find few coral stones. The stones are what is left of a sinking island. These...
Ta’uika Festival launched on Bellona Island
The Ta’uika Festival, held on November 2 and 3, 2021 on Bellona Island, Rennell Bellona Province, was inaugural hosting of the annual event developed over traditional fishing practices on catching Flying Fish.
Hosted at Ahanga...