ONCE again taking an environmental front foot in the Solomon Islands, Tourism Solomon’s ‘Green team’ has successfully marked World Environment Day 2021 joining with an ‘army’ of 150 volunteers to successfully collect more than collect nine tonnes of roadside rubbish.…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The 2021 World environment day will be marked around the world on Saturday 5th June with the theme “ecosystem restoration,” However, according to Josef Hurutarau of Ministry of Environment, no event will be held in Honiara to mark…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAUTHE massive loss of coastal marine seafood at nearby communities in the San George Island in Isabel province has raised concern amongst coastal communities.Chief and Catechist Steven Tanihorara said many communities that depend entirely on marine foods for…
BY ALEX DADAMU CHOISEUL Province greatly welcomes the project to connect electric power lines from Taro toSupizae Island. This was according to the Deputy Provincial Secretary, Nelson Tanito who stated that the project will greatly benefit the working population residing…
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) is pleased to acknowledge another milestone was achieved by the Solomon Islands Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) Enhanced Capacity for Agriculture Trade (ECAT) project with the signing of two separate contracts by…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Solomon Islands National University’s Programme Advisory Committee has recently convened a consultation meeting to discuss a newly proposed Bachelor of Science in Forestry programme that will train students in managing the social, economic, and environmental dimensions…
BY JOHN CHRISMA WHEN Covid hit the Solomon Islands, alarm bells started ringing among locals, schools, businesses, and politicians, etc. The question was: ‘What impact would the covid-19 pandemic have on schools in the country that depended on money to…
BY MIKE TUA THE Green Party Solomon Islands has launched its first-ever Convention for this year, which they aimed for the 2024 upcoming National General Elections, pledging interested individuals to become members of the Party. In the two days convention…
BY JOHN CHRISMA YOUNG students of Woodford International School have come up with a innovative idea to create rubbish bins made out of empty mineral water plastic containers.. Just recently, on 14 April, Woodford International School organized the annual S.T.E.A.M…
MINISTRY of Forestry and Research together with Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA) under Sustainable Forest Resource Management (SFRM) Project are training sawmill operators at Falake Community, West Kwara’ae on Malaita Province. The four days hands-on training is being conducted by…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SOLOMON Islands Rangers Association has collaborated with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Solomon Islands to organize a two-days ‘Rangers Role and Management’ training for 50 local rangers in the Western province. The training was held…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A one day joint outreach advocacy and awareness programme on Climate Change was successfully held today Thursday 13 May at Bethseda disability school at Henderson area, East Honiara. The program was led by the People with Disability…
