BY JOY OFASIA KAONASUGHU Clinic, in Central Makira, lacks lighting and staff who can do basic tasks like testing for malaria. The clinic, staffed by two nurses, serves around 3000 people living in eight villages from Waihara to Kokana and…
BY AGNES MENANOPO PERMANENT Secretary of Ministry of Environment (MECCDM), Dr. Melchior Mataki has strongly urged all citizens to tackle and address the underlining issues of marine litter in the Solomon Islands. Dr. Mataki made the urgent call during a…
BY AGNES MENANOPO WASTE Management Charity Group, WasteAid UK through the Commonwealth Litter Program (CLiP) has recently facilitated a Policy and Action Workshop on Marine Litter on 14 February at the Solomon Islands Development Trust Building in Honiara. The one-day…
BY AGNES MENANOPO THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) and the Solomon Islands National University-Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Studies (SINU-IMFS), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen fisheries management in the country. The signing…
MOST of the about 100,000 people across Solomon Islands affected by wet and windy weather last week have returned home or are being sheltered by other family members. The director of the National Disaster Management Office, Loti Yates, said part…
BY AGNES MENANOPO MINISTRY of Environment is getting its acts together to implement the National Management and Pollution Control Strategy 2017-2026. The implementation of this strategy will begin this year. The date is yet to be disclosed but the carrying…
OXFAM Solomon Islands have joined assessment teams deployed to Guadalcanal Province this week as disaster response authorities mobilise to reach areas affected by the recent bad weather. Teams have been deployed to visit areas affected in the eastern and western…
AN estimated 100,000 people across six of Solomon Islands’ eight provinces have been affected by two weeks of torrential rain and strong winds. As of last Wednesday, the Director of the National Disaster Management Office, Loti Yates, said they were…
BY LYNNISSHA B.RUNA DEMANDS for Solar Bubble Dryer Innovation for Cocoa Fermentation by farmers has increased. Solar Bubble Dryer Innovation for Cocoa Fermentation is a device purposely developed to enhance cocoa drying process. After it was introduced and demonstrated during…
BY AGNES MENANOPO THE ongoing bad weather has caused destructions and damages to the livelihoods, and infrastructure sectors at large. A huge number of food gardens within the Guadalcanal Plains were either destroyed or covered by flood waters, according to…