THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) and the Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI) are intensifying efforts to contain the spread of the Asian Subterranean Termite (AST) following its recent confirmation in Solomon Islands. AST, identified as Coptotermes gestroi, poses a…
CHEROA Waste Management Services, a newly operated waste management company in Honiara, is enhancing its efforts to develop sustainable and eco-friendly waste disposal methods due to the increasing daily waste generation. Cheroa established its operations in 2023 to address the…
BY CHRIS ALEX THE Tulagi Public Toilet Facility was officially opened on Wednesday, 26th, in a brief but significant ceremony. The event saw the attendance of the Premier for Central Province, the Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Tulagi and Minister…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Tamboko Bridge roadwork repairs in the north-west region of Guadalcanal province are progressing well, according to the latest update from the rural resident, Dickson Lavusi. Dickson told ENVIRONMENT MEDIA that the repairs, which began a week…
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele, highlighted this at the AIS Blue Economy High Level Dialogue in Bali on Monday, October 9, 2023. Reiterating the importance of the ocean for the Solomon Islands and for…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE government’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services declared Bubulu Village in Ghaobata Ward, Central Guadalcanal Constituency, Non Open Defecation (NOD) under Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), the government’s flagship program. The Ministry of Health and Medical…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU IN the Solomon Islands, a majority of the rural populace in communities throughout the country still lacks basic sanitation services and has continued to practice open defecation, according to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services –…
PUBLIC awareness to ban single use plastics in the country will start soon. A Technical Working Committee is now well into its preparation to have the regulation in place. Chaired by the MECDM Deputy Secretary Corporate Mr. Karl Kuper, the…
Solomon Islands Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Permanent Representative to the European Union, His Excellency Mr Moses Kouni Moses, expressed grave concerns towards the current challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Food insecurity. Ambassador Mose…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE powers of nature are now troubling the rural population of Pipisu village in West Are’are, Malaita province. Villagers of the Pipisu community are now turning to rice as their main source of staple diet since wild…
FIVE communities on Kolombangara Island in the Gizo/Kolombangara Constituency (GKC) is benefiting from a Constituency Development Fund (CDF) funded water supply project facilitated by their Member of Parliament (MP) Honourable Lanelle Olandrea Tanangada. The $400,000 investment commenced on the 18…
CLIMATE impacts almost all aspect of life in the Solomon Islands. Climate change will be a major impediment to the achievement of sustainable development in Solomon Islands, as all economic and social sectors are likely to be adversely affected, and…
