BY JOY OFASIA FIVE Schools in Honiara have joined a Waste Management Innovation initiative through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that organized a 10-week trial in encouraging changing from single-use plastics to reusable materials. A school…
FIVE Honiara schools are trying for 10 weeks to replace single-use plastics in their lunch service through a new waste management initiative. Koloale, Florence Young and Emmaus schools are trialing a refundable-fee scheme, which involves lunch vendors or the school…
PROVINCIAL Headquarter of Central Province (CP) Tulagi waste management efforts have been boosted with the delivery of a brand-new tractor and supplements. Tulagi Township was without a waste management logistics since its inception as a province which has affected the…
RESEARCH scientists from AgResearch, a New Zealand Government research institute to give updates to the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock (MAL) and Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI) on their research work involving CRB-G. Sean Marshall and Trevor Jackson have been working…
SERIOUS emphasis into integrating conservation and any development aspiration at the national, provincial and community level should be an approach to balancing the equation to the country’s today’s growing issues. Undersecretary Technical, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and…
RESOLVE Marine Group is now taking full control of the oil spill response inside the Lughu Bay of West Rennell. Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) handed over their offshore recovery tactic to grounded vessels’ contractor after their relieve work has…
TOURISM Solomons CEO, Josefa ‘Jo’ Tuamoto has expressed grave concern for the impact the oil spillage continuing to flow from a grounded bulk carrier on pristine Rennell Island holds for both the local community and the country’s tourism fortunes. While…
BY JOY OFASIA COMMUNITY Access Services Enhancement (CAUSE) project (2018- 2022) under the Component 3 of the Infrastructure and Service Delivery Training (ISDT) has recently undergone a series of free 7-days training courses for local participants in the country. The…
BY JOY OFASIA THE 2018-2022 Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement (CAUSE) project has recently held its official launch program at the Iron Bottom Sound hotel in Honiara. Rep from the World Bank, Honiara City Council, Ministry of Infrastructures and…
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 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…
