Isabel

By Ben Bilua, Mavis Nishimura Podokolo and Jennifer Kusapa From King tides swamping villages to crop confusion leaving families hungry, changing weather and climate patterns due to climate change have spawned a new era across...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE March-8 attack in Jejevo village reportedly led to an estimated $350,000-worth of damage to properties and livestock. Police have so far arrested five people in relation to this incident. A security guard...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A leaked report on police investigations in the Nuha incident, Isabel province, is causing Isabel police and community leaders to be suspicious. The report, dated February 22, 2021, is said to be confidential...

Villagers fight to reclaim stolen logs from Gov’t & Asian logger By OFANI EREMAE AT Korona logging base on San Jorge island in Solomon Islands’ Isabel province, the logging machinery lay quiet. Except for the movement of...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA An Asian man Ngea Richard Song Sing has entered guilty pleas on three charges in relation to illegal tubi harvest on San Jorge Island, Isabel province. Mr Sing faced one count under the...

By EDDIE OSIFELO Minister for Traditional Governance, Peace and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Samuel Manetoali says the role of chiefs need to be recognised because they help maintain peace in the communities. Speaking in the sine die motion...

Isabel landowners accuse loggers of illegally felling their valued trees BY PRIESTLEY HABRURESOURCE owners of San Jorge island on Isabel Province are handicapped as their fight to stop the harvesting of the endemic tubi tree...

By EDDIE OSIFELO MORE than 70,000 metric tonnes of nickel ores that cost around $171 million (US$20 million) to $256 million (US$30m) in the markets are lying idle on San Jorge, Isabel province. Axiom Mining Limited (AML) which has...

By Alfred Sasako   ANGRY San Jorge landowners on Isabel have formally asked the Government to “suspend or cancel” Axiom KB Ltd’s Mining Licence, accusing the Company of failing to fulfil terms of the Surface Access...

BY ALFRED PAGEPTU SEA level is rising, while storms are intensifying and seasons are becoming unpredictable. Salt water can reach the lower areas where villagers live and now they have lost trees and coconut trees that...