The Honiara City Council (HCC) Environmental Health Unit has officially cleared SASA Water and ENARGY Water to resume operations after a recent temporary closure to address health and safety concerns. According to Mr. Derick Willie, the Director of Environmental Health,…
BY JOY OFASIA The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has taken a major step to modernize farming in the Solomon Islands by launching its new Corporate Plan 2025–2028 and establishing the Agriculture National Advisory Council (ANAC). The launch took…
BY JOY OFASIA The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock made history yesterday when it launched the country’s first-ever Agriculture National Advisory Council (ANAC) during the World Food Day celebration at the Heritage Park Hotel. Speaking at the event, Ministry of…
BY JOY OFASIA Today, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) held a official celebration at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara to mark World Food Day 2025. The event focused on this year’s theme, “Hand in Hand for Better…
Japan’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Keiichi Hagiuchi has shown appreciation of the Botanical Garden underpinning its central role to conservation as a benchmark that Solomon Islands should be proud of. His Excellency Keiichi Hagiuchi uttered these sentiments whilst…
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has proudly announced its commitment of $30,000 as a gold sponsorship for the second YECSI Awards 2025. This announcement was made by Minister Hon. Franklyn Derek Wasi during the signing ceremony, reaffirming the…
The Mbokonavera III community in Central Honiara will enjoy cleaner streets and safer neighborhoods thanks to a locally-led waste management project supported by the Australian High Commission and Central Honiara Constituency. The project, funded through the Solomon Islands-Australia Community Partnerships…
Honiara, 7 October 2025 – A new cohort of twenty fisheries observers, including one female participant, began a five-week intensive training program yesterday morning at the Sullivans Conference Facility in Rove. The training, facilitated by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine…
On Wednesday October 1, Professor Transform Aqorau, Vice Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU), joined leading international experts at the 2025 Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit (TSSS) in Osaka, Japan. He spoke as part of a high-level panel session on “Seafood…
HONIARA – The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), showcased a suite of national resilience tools at a side event during the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM54). The event, themed “Unpacking Resilience: Strengthening Systems,…
Members of the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network (SICAN) recently endorsed a set of new organisational and governance policies to strengthen and enable their work, supported through funding from the Australian Government. The policies for financial and assessment management,…
Honiara, 27 August 2025 – The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), with support from the Pacific Community (SPC) and New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries’ Te Pātuitanga Ahumoana a Kiwa (Te Patui), successfully convened the Provincial Monitoring, Control,…