BY JARED KOLI A set of price guide will be issued to buyers and exporters of the lucrative beche-de-mer product when the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) concluded screening of applicants in the coming days. This is according…
Solomon Islands Women’s team stun New Caledonia as FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup gets underway in Port Moresby By Taromane Martin In Port Moresby THE Solomon Islands women’s national basketball team has created history yesterday at the Taurama Indoor and…
BY JARED KOLI MINISTRY of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) has ruled out that medical practitioner Dr Reginald Aipia and his American consultant have no experience on beche-de-mer farming. Dr Aipia and his American business consultant Erik W. Hagberg have…
By Alice Nantara SOLOMON Islands Special Development Centre received a donation yesterday from the Papua New Guinea acting High Commissioner. PNG acting High Commissioner Mr Tommy Argau handed over $5,000 to SISDC School Principal Mr Jiope Iputu at SISDC compound…
THE Malaysian Consulate presented a special donation this week to support the medical treatment of Baby Peter Sidi who needs urgent surgery for a congenital heart condition. Baby Peter and his mother Lyn Sidi are heading to India for medical…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE presence of one of the Vietnamese blue boats at the Hakama Agriculture station, in Ngella Mboli passage, is causing concerns for people in the area. It is reported that onboard, a foreign rodent species has been…
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…
BY BEN BILUA TWO coconut experts from Sri Lanka have left the country after a successful week of awareness to farmers. Procurement and logistics expert Mr Lasantha Wickramasekara and Dr Priyantha Wijewardane, a leading scientist with specialisation in the coconut…
More than half Beche-de-mer applicants only after money, Ministry not interested BY JARED KOLI MORE than half of applicants for Beche-de-mer export licence are ‘purely after the chance to draw income’, it is revealed. As the assessment committee screens…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE STAKEHOLDERS, government representatives and business houses from the coconut industry gathered together yesterday at the Auditorium Building, Museum area to celebrate Coconut Day. Under the theme “Managing the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle to Protect our Industries and…
