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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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)…
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…
Kastom Garden’s PIRAS Project Lapsed, Farmers Greatly Benefited
BY MYRNE LIVETT KASTOM GARDEN Association’s (CGA) backbone, the Pacific Islands Rural Agriculture Stimulus Facility (PIRAS) Project has lapsed last week, August 31st as project implementation reached many rural farmers in Central and Western Provinces. However, KGA according to the…
Waste Management Prioritized as SOL2023 Pacific Games Looms
By Jeremy Gwao/Freelance Reporter Waste management is one of Solomon Island’s priority areas as the host country for the 17th Pacific Games edition, next year. In Honiara, with an almost 80,000 population, waste management is still a challenge. The game’s…
Pacific Partnership Veterinary Personnel Here to Assist Local Farmers
BY MIKE TUA HOSPITAL ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Veterinary Personnel are currently been working closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and together they have developed a very robust program to address some of the agriculture and veterinary…
Government Through MECDM, MHMS, HCC, Gizo Town Council And JICA Concludes Final Joint Coordinating Committee Meeting On J-Prism Project
The Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology and Ministry of Health, The Honiara City Council and JICA has concluded its final Joint Coordinating Committee Meeting of the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for…
New Environmental Learning Centre Launched
BY JOY OFASIA A new environmental learning centre for the natural environment was launched earlier last week at the Botanical garden office. Speaking to the Sunday Isles paper, the Project coordinator of the Learning and Ecological Activities Foundation for Children,…
National Workshop on the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) For Sustainable Wildlife Management in Solomon Islands
A National Workshop on the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and sustainable wildlife management in Solomon Islands was successfully convened by the MECDM through Environment & Conservation Division with its key stakeholders…
National Agriculture And Livestock Policy Review Gets Underway
A review on the National Agriculture and Livestock policy gets underway at the B-17 Dive resort, Northwest Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province starting today Tuesday 26 July 2022. The 2 days national review saw the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) bring…
Development Agency to Host Training On Flour Processing and Cookery for Youths
BY JOY OFASIA SOLOMON Islands Development Agency Co. Ltd will be hosting another training program on flour processing and cookery for youths in Honiara. Founder of Solomon Islands Development Agency (SIDA) Joseph Poha told Environment Media that the 4-days training-workshop…
MAL Thanks Rotary Honiara For Seeds
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has applauded the support of vegetable seeds donated by Rotary Club of Honiara recently. The donation of 13,000 packets of variety of seeds support from rotary club is intended for Honiara urban residing…