BY JOHN HOUANIHAU HONIARA, the Solomon Islands’ most populous city of over 100 thousand people, produces tons of waste every day. And much of this waste is not collected. This uncollected waste leads to blocked waterways and unsightly heaps of…
PUBLIC awareness to ban single use plastics in the country will start soon. A Technical Working Committee is now well into its preparation to have the regulation in place. Chaired by the MECDM Deputy Secretary Corporate Mr. Karl Kuper, the…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Solomon Islands Maritime Authority held its first-ever open forum on Tuesday at the Solomon Islands National University Marine School Campus at Ranadi, East Honiara. The Solomon Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA) administers the Solomon Islands maritime sector,…
BY JOY OFASIA EARLY September of this year, the Tuvaruhu-based Resilience, Innovation & Social Change Girls Club completed a one-day coastal general clean-up and litter survey activity at the bank of the Mataniko River mouth in Honiara. The organized event…
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…
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…
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…
BY MYTNE LIVETT OFFICIALS of the Community Led Total Sanitation program under the Guadalcanal Council of Women have raised a series of health trigger awareness to communities residing in five wards on Central Guadalcanal that are still practicing open defecation…
BY JOY OFASIA A new tipper truck have been added to the Auki Central Market fleet to aid in improved garbage collection in the Malaita provincial township. The new vehicle, was funded by the Government of Australia’s Department of Foreign…
BY ALEX DADAMU FORMALLY registered in 2019 under Solomon Islands Charitable Act, Bishop Patterson Koa Hill Youth Association is currently executing an Anti-Flooding and Waste management Project in their community. The Community Based Adaptation Project will see the youths involved…
BY JOY OFASIA AUKI Township in Malaita Province has changed a lot after the completion of the Auki Market Vendor Association campaign on waste management in partnership with the Malaita Provincial Government. Auki Market Vendor Association (AMVA) President Joy Ramo…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU ACCESS to proper water supply and sanitation are barriers in practising good hygiene and healthy lifestyle in the rural settlements of Boneghe, Northwest Guadalcanal. For years, the settlers have accessed groundwater from shallow wells as their main…
