Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) is a way forward to assist local organic farmers adapt to local markets and access trade with overseas markets. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Jimi Saelea made the comments in Tuesday’s PGS stakeholders’ workshop in Honiara. Mr Saelea said PGS represents an alternative third party certification which…
AN Isabel elder who is also a land owner has refuted the claims made by Nolan Jolo describing his statement over the tubi issue as misleading and full of liars. The elder who wished to be named Nicko said the tubi logs Mr Jolo claimed were cut from their land was false. Nicko said the…
THE closure of the only chemist shop in Auki has prompted people in Auki to call for its reopening. An Auki resident Jonah Myles said the closed chemist was the only chemist in the township that served the entire township and people in Malaita apart from clinics and hospitals. “That was the only shop people…
SPC: Samoa is the latest country to successfully develop a new trochus (Tectus niloticus) fishery. On learning of the successful introduction of the species in Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands and French Polynesia, the Government of Samoa began its effort to introduce the species in the 1990s. Despite some initial losses, introductions…
FBC NEWS: Fiji’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Erami Raibe has taken up his new role as the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Department of Peacekeeping Officer in Port Villa, Vanuatu. The establishment of the MSG/DPKO was done to strengthen security capability and cooperation between member countries in the MSG region. SSP Raibe’s role will be…
DALA South Community, West Kwara’ae, Malaita province will today host a farmers’ field day. The field day would involve all the farmers within the central region of Malaita based on the theme: ‘Think Lokol Kakai for Helti Living.’ Speaking to the Solomon Star yesterday principal agriculture field officer in Auki Ledley Diudi said the purpose…
POST COURIER – Papua New Guinea National airline Air Niugini has announced reduction in fuel surcharge for both domestic and international routes-effective from Monday. The airline chief executirve officer (CEO) Simon Foo said the decrease in fuel surcharge was due to reduction in fuel prices on the world market and also the current exchange rate.…
ABC: The head of Australia’s ginger industry says he’s furious with a decision to allow imports of fresh ginger from Fiji, with confirmation some permits have already been granted. The Department of Agriculture finalised the import conditions last month, one month after the Federal Government announced a review into the way import risks were measured.…
Tourism operators are calling on the government to quickly resolve the Fiji-Solomons flight impasse. Managing director of Green Tourism Solomon Island Ltd Michael Tokuru highlighted this during a one day tourism stakeholders’ workshop held at Mendana hotel, Tuesday. Mr Tokuru said that Solomon Island Government (SIG) especially the aviation department should quickly solve the flight…
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MTC) is impressed with some of the tourism developments currently taking place in Honiara. Director of tourism within the tourism ministry Barney Sivoro highlighted this during the tourism stakeholders’ meeting held at Mendana hotel, Tuesday. Mr Sivoro said the ministry is impressed to see some tourism development…