Huge Kava surge in South Guadalcanal
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Guadalcanal Extension office has noted huge involvement of communities in Kava farming in the remote South Guadalcanal in 2021 compared to 2018.A team from MAL...
CHRISSA SISTERS’, UNKNOWN BUT WITH HITS DECADES AGO
By Tahisihaka Andrew Dormans:Growing up as a child or a teenager in the rural communities of Solomon Islands in the early 1980’s, the most popular medium of information and source of entertainment available is...
A GREASY LOG
Director police investigations under fireCommissioner Mangau says no evidenceIsabel government says evidence submitted 2 months agoBY JENNIFER KUSAPAThe director of police’s criminal investigation division (NCID) has come under fire for alleged corruption.The NCID director...
Operation Island Chief targets illegal fishing
Agency-led surveillance operation covering 18.4 million square kilometres, came to a successful closure yesterday.FFA Director Fisheries Operations, Allan Rahari said that despite the 10-day Operation covering a substantial area it was bolstered by local...
Call for action on Climate change
PACIFIC Civil Society Calls on Vanuatu’s Prime Minister to take an ambitious stand on Climate Change at the upcoming Pacific Island Forum MeetingAt this week’s Pacific Climate Justice Summit, attended by hundreds of NGOs...
Makira-Ulawa to celebrate 38th anniversary today
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his delegation arrived in Kirakira yesterday morning ahead of today’s celebrations of Makira-Ulawa province’s second appointed day.The province turns 38 today.Prime Minister Sogavare touched down at Ngorangora airport to...
New strategy to empower women & girls launched
THE Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs has launched the revised National Strategy for Economic Empowerment of Women & Girls 2020-2023 on Friday 30th July. The document builds on the first national strategy...
Proud in culture, strong in spirit
Yuendumu Doors exhibition launchedHONIARA residents will be able to view a weeklong Australian Indigenous art exhibition launched today at the National Art Gallery by the Australian High Commissioner, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and External...
CEMA to build commodity refinery mill at Noro
BY BEN BILUAGizoCOMMODITY Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) is planning to build a Refinery Factory and a new Buying Centre at Noro, Western Province.The proposed developments are part of CEMA’s ongoing effort to reinvigorate CEMA’s...
Belyndar amongst the world ChangeMakers for OYW2021
To dream big may be common for Solomon Islanders today but stepping up into a new world ambition is something else.Solomon Islands student Belyndar Maonia Rikimani, a law undergraduate, was awarded the 2021 Young...