THREE communities in Ward Five and Six at Rannogah Island, Western Province, have successfully celebrated the achievement of No Open Defecation (NOD) status last week. This communities of Pidaka and Nyami, commonly known as Vonga, celebrated their NOD status on…
SPECIALIST explosive ordnance disposal teams and supporting air assets have started to arrive in Solomon Islands this week ahead of Operation Render Safe 2024. Over the coming days, more than 250 explosive ordnance specialists, from over eight countries will deploy…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) will conduct a Render Safe Procedure (RSP) operation to dispose of a live bomb found in the Vilu area, North West Guadalcanal, on 22 August 2024. The operation…
CHEROA Waste Management Services, a newly operated waste management company in Honiara, is enhancing its efforts to develop sustainable and eco-friendly waste disposal methods due to the increasing daily waste generation. Cheroa established its operations in 2023 to address the…
BY CHRIS ALEX THE Tulagi Public Toilet Facility was officially opened on Wednesday, 26th, in a brief but significant ceremony. The event saw the attendance of the Premier for Central Province, the Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Tulagi and Minister…
SOLOMON Water is pleased to provide an important update on the Sewer Works – Fisheries to Ranadi Roundabout project. This project, which aims to significantly enhance the sewer infrastructure in Ranadi, is progressing despite some challenges. The project is being…
THE work on the demonstration and installation of Sato Pan toilets across communities in South Vela, Western Province, is progressing smoothly, says Patrick Olapitu, Project Officer for the National Sanitation Sustainability Plan (NSSP) phase two program in South Vela. The…
THE six months Grace period given to importers, manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of certain single use plastics has ended on 1stth March 2024. As of 2nd March 2024, all provisions in the Regulation to regulate certain single use plastics in the…
THE first of 4 medical waste incinerators funded by the World Bank’s Covid 19 Emergency Response Project through the Project Management Unit (PMU) within the Ministry of Health and Medical Services is near completion. The incinerators are part of the…
THE countdown is on as the grace period for the ban on Single Use Plastic will come to an end on March 1, 2024. With only two weeks remaining, businesses and consumers must now prepare to comply with the new…
IN a recent operation in Western Province, approximately 500 different Unexploded Ordnance (UXOs) were removed and prepared for destruction. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) safely removed those UXOs to a safer…
CLOSE to half (49.5%) of all households in Solomon Islands had no access to a toilet facility – with open defecation being the primary facility used. This was captured in the 2019 Census report where a total of 132,492 households…
