BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THE Ministry of Agriculture (MAL) and the Guadalcanal planes plantation company (GPPOL) are uniting resources against the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle, Guam strain or CRB-G, the most destructive coconut pest that has arrived in the country. This…
THE Government’s productive sector of the Cabinet sub-committee has seen one of its projects narrowing down on its strategic goals. This was the outcome of the Kolombangara Development Advisory Committee during their meeting held this week at the Office of…
BY JARED KOLI THE country expects a top representation at the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany in November. This will differ from previous COP…
Stop open defaecation and purchase cheaper toilet today BY PRIESTLEY HABRU WHEN you fail to notice blue flies swarming your uncovered food after feasting from human wastes disposed carelessly in nearby bushes or beaches; then you know very well…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Solomon Islands Government has taken radical steps in many key areas in an endeavour to create conducive environment that is important for business operation. Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration (MCILI) Hon Willie Marau said…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE national campaign against the invasive pest, the Rhinoceros Beetle, has received a major blow with the insect confirmed in Ngella. Ngella is one of the copra hubs of the country, and the pest’s presence is a…
A local Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Ecological Solutions Solomon Islands (ESSI) has received a small grant from Global Green Grants Fund. David Boseto of ESSI said the fund will support the group’s working in partnership with Lauru Land Conference of Tribal…
THE National government has declared the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) as an emergency pest as it steps up its fight against the beetle that has killed more than half the population of coconuts in Honiara and nearby Guadalcanal. Ministry…
Solomon Islands faces wrath of climate change FROM the melting glaciers of Greenland and Antarctica to the low-lying states of the Pacific Islands, like in the Solomon Islands, the impact of climate change is taking its toll on people’s livelihood…
