BY AGNES MENANOPO YOUNG Solomon Islands artist, Jackson Diosi will debut his international first-price winning award painting at 2020 UK CLiP Conference in London. He was announced the Commonwealth Litter Programme (CLiP) Marine Litter Challenge top prizewinner at the presentation…
TOURISM Solomons CEO, Josefa ‘Jo’ Tuamoto has expressed grave concern for the impact the oil spillage continuing to flow from a grounded bulk carrier on pristine Rennell Island holds for both the local community and the country’s tourism fortunes. While…
BY JOY OFASIA COMMUNITY Access Services Enhancement (CAUSE) project (2018- 2022) under the Component 3 of the Infrastructure and Service Delivery Training (ISDT) has recently undergone a series of free 7-days training courses for local participants in the country. The…
BY JOY OFASIA THE 2018-2022 Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement (CAUSE) project has recently held its official launch program at the Iron Bottom Sound hotel in Honiara. Rep from the World Bank, Honiara City Council, Ministry of Infrastructures and…
BY JOY OFASIA MAKIRA Ulawa Provincial Council of Women is calling for help from the National Disaster Council for the people of Makira province who are struggling after the recent natural disaster. Lincy Agnes Kitera said the Makira communities have…
BY JOY OFASIA KAONASUGHU Clinic, in Central Makira, lacks lighting and staff who can do basic tasks like testing for malaria. The clinic, staffed by two nurses, serves around 3000 people living in eight villages from Waihara to Kokana and…
BY AGNES MENANOPO PERMANENT Secretary of Ministry of Environment (MECCDM), Dr. Melchior Mataki has strongly urged all citizens to tackle and address the underlining issues of marine litter in the Solomon Islands. Dr. Mataki made the urgent call during a…
BY AGNES MENANOPO WASTE Management Charity Group, WasteAid UK through the Commonwealth Litter Program (CLiP) has recently facilitated a Policy and Action Workshop on Marine Litter on 14 February at the Solomon Islands Development Trust Building in Honiara. The one-day…
BY AGNES MENANOPO THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) and the Solomon Islands National University-Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Studies (SINU-IMFS), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen fisheries management in the country. The signing…
MOST of the about 100,000 people across Solomon Islands affected by wet and windy weather last week have returned home or are being sheltered by other family members. The director of the National Disaster Management Office, Loti Yates, said part…
BY AGNES MENANOPO MINISTRY of Environment is getting its acts together to implement the National Management and Pollution Control Strategy 2017-2026. The implementation of this strategy will begin this year. The date is yet to be disclosed but the carrying…
OXFAM Solomon Islands have joined assessment teams deployed to Guadalcanal Province this week as disaster response authorities mobilise to reach areas affected by the recent bad weather. Teams have been deployed to visit areas affected in the eastern and western…
