D&T Centre Vows to Make a Clean Honiara City
BY AGNES MENANOPO DESIGN and Technology (D &T) Centre has been working on solutions to keep Honiara City and provincial capitals clean. The business established a plastic recycling plant in East Honiara which collects plastic bottles and other general types of plastic materials to be recycled in efforts to address climate change, protect the environment and promote a healthy population. Founder and Director of D&T Centre, Lindsay Teobasi said the…
Health Vulnerable to Climate Change
BY AGNES MENANOPO CLIMATE change has affected the fundamental requirements for health, which include: clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food, and secure health. Although global warming might bring some localized benefits, such as fewer winter deaths in temperature climates…
Fisheries Sector Employ More Women
BY AGNES MENANOPO MINISTER for Fisheries and Marine Resources, and Deputy Prime Minister Hon. John Maneniaru said the fisheries sector has recruited and employed more women in and around the Solomon Islands. He said this was the right approach to…
Barana Nature Park; Part of SIG’s 100-Days Done
BY AGNES MENANOPO THE Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) through the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has achieved one of its 100-days targets addressing climate change. This was done through its support towards the…
National Ocean Policy Demands Protection of Ocean
BY AGNES MENANOPO SOLOMON Islanders are ocean people. We are not separate from our ocean: we are part of our ocean. It is reflected in our history, our culture, and our traditions and in our day-to-day lives, according to the…