BY JOHN HOUANIHAU NGO’s, private sectors and government stakeholders will convene a week of climate dialogue as of Monday 28 June to 2 July in Honiara. Oxfam in the Pacific has embarked on a new regional climate change program called…
BY MIKE TUA THE COVID-19 global pandemic has allowed Solomon Islands including regional aspiring and experienced journalists to connect using the ‘Zoom’ – an online platform for this year’s Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum virtual media workshop. The four-day virtual…
BY ALEX DADAMU WHILE the country is fighting the war against the Coronavirus Pandemic, an environmental health issue that has been around for quite sometimes now and has become an eye-sore to suburbs in and around Honiara City is the…
BY JOHN CHRISMA ITS official – Solomon Island National University’s Panatina Campus – single ablution block has been described by a student as bad and smelly; needing urgent attention. A concerned student, Margret Aumamua said that recently the situation is…
BY JOHN CHRISMA TO make sure our roads are safe and efficient for all road users; Lee Kwok Kuen Company recently resealed more than 20km of feeder roads access across the Henderson area through its road repair and maintenance works…
BY JOHN CHRISMA – FREELANCE LOCAL market vendors are very concerned about the lack of quality water and sanitation due to the closure of the water supply and ablution block facility at the designated Kukum Market in Honiara. The vendors’…
BY JOY OFASIA YOUNG Women Christian Association (YWCA) has recognized the importance and opportunities for its members to protect the environment by turning waste into useful products. Women and young girls have now work on cycling paper and fabric, and…
BY AGNES MENANOPO KOLOALE Community High School has currently engaged with the plastic waste management project initiated by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) through its Waste Management Innovation Initiative. The initiative which aims to improve and encourage waste management…
BY AGNES MENANOPO LOCAL aspiring beauty pageant contestant, Ms. Tiare Haro has underlined her strongest ambitions to advocate on the relevant issues affecting women and climate change in the Solomon Islands. Miss Super Star Corporation, Ms. Haro confirmed that her…
BY AGNES MENANOPO WITH the goal of promoting reducing plastic waste, the Saint Nicholas College in Honiara is participating in waste management innovation initiative’s schools rethinking plastic trial. The 10-week trial is testing refundable-fee scheme and discount scheme interventions…
BY STONGIM BISNIS THE Australian Government initiative Strongim Bisnis joined an Australian High Commission delegation on a field visit to Biosecurity Solomon Islands’ (BSI) facilities in and around Honiara on 24th July. The Australian delegation was headed by His…
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…
