LOGGING ON A DOT
Gizo to witness operations, Premier Gina a company director
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
GIZO residents are expected to see a logging operation on 6-Mile.
This is after Commissioner of Lands, Alan McNeil endorsed a Grant of Profit to...
Logger’s lawyer appeals for Minister to lift suspension
By EDDIE OSIFELO
ANT Legal Services recently submitted an appeal to Minister Dickson Mua, urging the lifting of the suspension placed on Sunway (SI) Limited, a logging company.
The suspension was imposed by Commissioner of Forest,...
Barana community nature park aims to promote ecosystem
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA
SECRETARIAT of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) established the Barana Community Nature Park purposely to promote ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change and environment management.
SPREP Country Manager Mr Fred Siho...
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...
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...
Implementing partners for USAID SCALE A&E visit sites in the province
BY SAMIE WAIKORI
AUKI
A team led by premier Daniel Suidani and USAID SCALE A&E (Green Power Technology) recently visited proposed sites for projects in the province.
Suidani who is the chairman of Malaita Province Infrastructure Advisory...
Standing up for climate change in Ontong Java
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA
INTENDING female candidate from Pelau in the Malaita Outer Islands, Wendy Amangongo has made a commitment to stand up for climate change which is heavily affecting the Ontong Java islands.
Situated some...
Malaita communities certified in Emergency Response
THE Malaita Provincial Disaster Office successfully certified 25 community leaders in Emergency Response Training (ERT), which will give communities the ability to assist authorities and carry out their own assessments in a disaster response...
Nickel deposit in Isabel ‘sold like hot cake’
BY BEN BILUA
NEW reports have emerged that the Nickel deposit in Isabel has been sold like hot cake at the expense of landowners and innocent people who will be affected by the mining operations.
More...
Marine and coastal – attractive environment for investment
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA
MARINE and coastal areas are known as one of the attractive environmental zones which foreign aid and research invested in that benefit Solomon Islands.
The National Marine Ecosystem Service Valuation report of...