No New Landfill Site As Yet
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Honiara City Council is yet to locate any suitable piece of land for Honiara City’s new Landfill – dump site. Honiara City Lord Mayor, Hon Eddie Siapu said with regards to seeking a new landfill for the…
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Hi-Tech Wastewater Treatment Plant Installed at Tina Hydro Campsite
A high-tech and environmentally friendly Wastewater Treatment Plant is now fully operational at the Hyundai Engineering Company (HEC) campsite, near the Tina River Hydropower Development Project (TRHDP) site in Central Guadalcanal. The facility which uses the Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR)…
Central Islands Province: Stakeholders Held Work Shop on Feasibility Study of Hakama Cattle Farm
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU As part of the Solomon Islands government’s program to revive the country’s crippling cattle industry, a stakeholder’s workshop on the feasibility study for the development of the Hakama Cattle Farm has been held in Tulagi, Central Islands…
Met Service Solomon Islands Rolls-out Pre-Awareness Cyclone to Schools
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SOLOMON Islands are vulnerable to natural disasters like cyclones and it can happen at any time, and when they happen at school, everyone should be prepared to handle them safely and effectively. The Tropical cyclone season (TC)…
Solomon Islands Weather: Met Office Issues Strong Wind Warnings
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A strong wind warning ‘number five’ has been issued by the Solomon Islands meteorological service at 7 am this morning, 21st September 2022. The strong wind warning is current for waters of Rennell & Bellona, Makira and…
BARA Community To Benefit From CDF Funded Poultry Project
Bara community within Maringe-Kokota Constituency (MKC) in Isabel Province will soon benefit from a poultry project worth $89,035.00. Located at Tirofihi, a site less than a kilometer away from Buala station, the national government through MKC Office is funding the…
Status Of Levers Solomons Limited (LSL) Clarified
The Office of the Registrar of Foreign Investment clarifies that Levers Solomons Limited (LSL) is NOT a registered entity in the Foreign Investment Registry. The clarification was made today following numerous enquiries to the Office of the Registrar of Foreign…
MFMR: The Signing Ceremony Of The Bina-Talifu Trust Deed Document Marks A Milestone For The Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant Project
The Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant (BHTPP) Project reached a major milestone when the trustees representing the Bina -Talifu Land had publicly signed the Trust Deed for the key parcels of land required for the project at Bina Village on…
Honiara City to Access 100% Renewable Energy by 2030: Palmer Anisi
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SOLOMON Islands capital, Honiara is expected to generate its primary energy from off-grid renewable energy by 2030. “So back in 2019, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) had worked closely with the Ministry of Mines and Energy with…
Climate Financing Remains an Issue for the Solomon Islands: Barnabas Bago
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU CLIMATE finance is an important topic in the overall climate change space, according to the National Program Coordinator and Head of the Project Coordination Management Unit of the Ministry of Environment Climate Change & Disaster Management, Barnabas…
Fishing As A Daily Job
90 percent of the total population in the country live in the rural areas, areas close to the sea same as Paul and fishing is part of their lives and one of the main source of nutrients. Isles Media interviews…
Farming the ‘Aquatic Chicken’
This is an interview with Maxwell Ham, a Tilapia Farmer in Northwest Guadalcanal. Mr Maxwell Ham has been farming and breeding Tilapia for more than 3 years now in Aruligo, Northwest Guadalcanal. Environmental Media caught up with him recently at…