Tilapia is a tropical freshwater fish suitable for providing a source of fish protein to meet food security needs and livelihood for the increasing populations of the country. However, Fish farming or pisciculture is not that common in the Solomon…
Root crop production at leading commercial farms on Guadalcanal and Malaita are expected to increase following the delivery of farming machines funded by the Chinese Government through the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) programme coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE bad weather warning for the Solomon Islands has been canceled by the Solomon Islands Meteorology Services in Honiara. Solomon Islands Meteorology Services (SIMS) office this week issued the cancellation after days of heavy rain and strong…
A call-out made to Provincial Disaster Officers and key informants by the National Disaster Management Office recently to determine the impacts of the current weather condition indicated that no major damages to properties, infrastructure, or loss of lives were being…
BY LIVETT MYRNE COMFORT Ms. LINA Dorovolomo’s passion for learning more about the natural environment since high school, took her to university to study science. After completing a postgrad at the university of south pacific in Fiji, she joined the…
SINCE the initiation of the Solomon Islands Development Agency in the country on October 2021. The founder and Chief Exclusive Officer (CEO) of the local-based Non-Profitable Organisation Joseph Poha told Environment Media that evidently, the profitable way for our people…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE constant heavy rain and windy weather conditions that is associated with Tropical Cyclone Fili will continue to affect most parts of the country during this week as it moved for New Caledonia. The bad weather associated…
THE weather condition currently experienced countrywide is associated with an active trough located south of the Solomon Islands and is linked to Tropical cyclone Fili close to New Caledonia. The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service (SIMS) says, the active trough located…
SOLOMON Water has awarded a USD$7.1m (SBD 57 m) contract for the Honiara Water Reservoirs Project to Pacific Engineering and ION Exchange. Pacific Engineering is a New Zealand based engineering and construction company. ION Exchange is a water supply and…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A LOCAL-based organization, Solomon Islands Development Agency has introduced the processing of dried cassava, kumara, taro, and banana starch into flour in the country. The development of tropical flour products is seen as a major step taken…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SIX communities namely Ambu, Kokomu, Lilisiana, Ngalisagore, sikitae and Fasitoro have successfully taken part in a recycling workshop in Auki last week on March 29 and 30. Auki Market Vendor Association project coordinator Joel Reverly said, four…
A VIRTUAL ceremony took place to mark the official handing over of radiation detection instruments by the Miroslav Pinak Acting Director, Division of radiation transport and waste safety from the International Atomic Energy Agency and received by Ambassador Collin Beck…
