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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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…
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…
Awareness Raised to Stop Open Toilet in Central Guadalcanal
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…
Auki Central Market Takes Delivery of New Tipper Truck
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…
Koa Hill Youths Embarks On Anti-Flooding and Waste Management Project
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…
Inspiring Change with Waste Management Project Initiatives in Auki Town
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…
Rural Boneghe Settlers Faced Challenges with Water and Sanitation
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…
HCC Anticipates New Landfill Soon
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Pacific games 2023 to be hosted here in Honiara will run for two weeks, producing up to 15,000-20,000- meals per day and 60 tons of waste every day. To dispose of properly this huge amount of…
Gizo Town To Take Delivery of Garbage Truck
BY MYRNE LIVETT GIZO TOWN Council is looking forward to take delivery of new three-ton garbage truck, thanks to the Australian Government. The vehicle is funded by the Australian Government with support from the UN Women to assist with the…
Sanitation Project Complete for Kadova
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA A sanitation project has been completed for Kadova Village at Katario Ward 13, Northeast Choiseul. The Sanitation project consists of a ‘Toilet House’ and ‘Water Tank’ to support Kadova community. According to the Member of Provincial Assembly…
Guadalcanal Vendor Calls for Protection of Marine Species from Commercial Logging
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE coastal waters of Kakabona, north-west Guadalcanal, west of Honiara are home to many marine species and reefs. However, the populations of these marine and fish species are now declining (fish stock depletion and coral reef degradation)…