Heavy penalties ahead for littering: Rodgers
BY ELTON LONARATHA JNR
The National Hosting Authority in collaboration with Honiara City Council and the Government will be enforcing heavy penalties commencing next month in support the Safe and Green games cleanup campaign to...
Ta’uika Festival launched on Bellona Island
The Ta’uika Festival, held on November 2 and 3, 2021 on Bellona Island, Rennell Bellona Province, was inaugural hosting of the annual event developed over traditional fishing practices on catching Flying Fish.
Hosted at Ahanga...
Food supplies under threat as new weather patterns sweep Solomon Islands
By Ben Bilua, Mavis Nishimura Podokolo and Jennifer Kusapa
From King tides swamping villages to crop confusion leaving families hungry, changing weather and climate patterns due to climate change have spawned a new era across...
18 locals with know-how on operating seafood business
BY JARED KOLI
Yesterday marked a milestone for 18 Solomon Islanders as they are further equipped with skills and knowledge to operate seafood business after gaining a Micro-Qualification in Establishing and Operating a Small Seafood...
Green Party elects new office bearers
BY NED GAGAHE
Green Party Solomon Islands (GPSI) has elected its new office bearers during a special general meeting on Saturday, April 22 in preparation for the National General Election in 2024.
The SGM was held...
Solomon Water supports gov’t review Kongulai lease with LOs
By EDDIE OSIFELO
SOLOMON Water is supporting Government to re-negotiate the lease with landowners of the Kongulai water source in North West Guadalcanal.
This comes after the Paramount Chief of Haumbata Haniguana, Haumbata Taonavoa tribe, Chairman...
Climate change projection not good for SI
BY BEN BILUA
A study carried out by Asian Development Bank founds the Solomon Islands could lose up to 4.7 percent of the Gross Domestic Product by 2100.
The research focuses on the Economics of Climate...
MECDM reviews climate change policy
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
MINISTRY of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management is reviewing a new climate change policy, hoped to be endorsed at the third quarter of this year.
This was confirmed by Karl Kuper of...
SPREP: role of media in climate crisis is vital
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
THE role of media in reporting the climate crisis has become more important than ever before, says the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) office.
Karl Kuper on behalf of...
Unsustainable harvesting of mangroves a concern
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA
A report has highlighted that mangroves across Solomon Islands are facing increasing threats from human activities such as unsustainable harvesting for firewood and building materials.
Besides, the ongoing sea level rises as...