BY ALEX DADAMU THE Waste Management Division within the Honiara City Council is looking to implement the Honiara Dogs Ordinance soon. Senior waste management officer of the Waste Management and Control Division within the Honiara City Council (HCC) Andrew Honi…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE rural people in Pipisu village in West Are’are in Malaita province will now have better access to health and primary care services, with the recent completion of a new two-story clinic building project. The construction of…
BIOSECURITY officers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Friday, last week destroyed the dozen of concealed goods which was impounded from a shipment at the Ports International wharf in Honiara on Thursday 25th February. The goods were destroyed…
BY LESLEY FOINAGWA COMMUNITIES in West Kwaio, Malaita province, are urged to look after their coastal environment by stop throwing plastics into the sea and on the shorelines. Malaita provincial government Assistant Fisheries Officer, Alick Kona made the call recently.…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SOLOMON Islands can now pursue compensation over recent oil spills in the country. This followed the country’s recent accession to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (‘Bunkers Convention’). A Government statement said…
BY ALEX DADAMU LACK of waste management has become a general environmental issue and has gained considerable attention in recent years in the Solomon Islands. The country has experienced an increasing amount of wastes (plastic bottles, coconut husk, and bags)…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU CIGARETTE butts thrown around the corners of the streets of Honiara may look insignificant but they are a major concern to those who want to protect the environment. “Cigarette butts may be small, but they are a…
A one-day Plant Health Clinic (PHC) for Women Market Vendors from East Guadalcanal Province, Aola to Ghaobata ward who are members of the Honiara Central Market Vendor Association (HCMVA) was deemed successful. The PHC was part of the four days…
BY LESLEY FOINAGWA MANGROVE ecosystems in the West Kwaio region in Malaita Province are increasingly under threat from increased logging activities. West Kwaio coastal areas in the Solomon Islands, where agriculture and fisheries are widely practiced at subsistence levels, unsustainable…
BY JOHN CHRISMA – FREELANCE LOCAL market vendors are very concerned about the lack of quality water and sanitation due to the closure of the water supply and ablution block facility at the designated Kukum Market in Honiara. The vendors’…
BY JOHN CHRISMA – FREELANCE JOURNALIST EVERY night, more than a dozen homeless squatters go to bed without adequate permanent housing and by day they work as scavengers under extremely unhealthy harsh conditions at the Ranadi dumpsite in Honiara. That…
BY JOHN CHRISMA– FREELANCE JOURNALIST GRAVEL excavation works carried out by the private business companies were seen as not safe and have substantial risks to the local population living along the Lunga River in Central Guadalcanal, according to a concerned…
