Rescued local returns home
A Solomon Islander who was rescued after 47 days at sea on August 18 in the remote south coast of West New Britain province in Papua New Guinea was safely repatriated to Honiara over...
Solid waste threatens fragile paradise of Gizo
BY BEN BILUAGizo
SOLID waste has become a critical environmental issue in Solomon Islands. Poor enforcement of the law as well as behavioral breakdown in society continue to be challenges in addressing the issue.
This report...
Loulo farmers display their richness
BY BEN BILUA
Rendova,
LOULO Farmers Association which include farmers from Lokutu and 10 other nearby communities on Wednesday displayed their richness in agricultural produces.
Farmers brought together different types of crops to be part of Diversity...
AGONY OF A BOY, 3
Help Xavier get the cancer treatment he needs overseas
By OFANI EREMAE
AS he hugged his critically-ill son on his bed at the National Referral Hospital (NRH), Francis Bele could not imagine losing a child he...
Its like a dream come true
Joel Tereoha was born 11 years ago with severe Cerebral Palsy.
His grandmother, together with his loving family, have coped with his disability until he became too heavy for them to lift.
The Rotary Club of...
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...
Western Province tourism – the final test is coming
BY BEN BILUA
Gizo
MOST tourism operators are looking forward to international borders reopening, but are they ready?
Like other tourism operators in the region, local operators have felt the brunt of COVID-19.
In Western Province, Agnes Getaway...
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...