Improvement of Auki market on focus
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI IMPROVEMENT of needed areas within Auki market is the priority for new market master Mr James Hagi. Hagi, who is new in the public sector after a good many years in the private sector, he is…
Environment
Littering ordinance enforced on August 1
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA HONIARA City Council (HCC) and Friends of the City (FOTC) have collaborated to enforce the 2009 Littering Ordinance next week, on August 1. This is a step forward for the current anti-litter campaign. The HCC’s Environment…
Malaita environment health team to embark for Atoifi
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI A team from the Malaita provincial environmental health department will go to Atoifi Hospital in East Kwaio soon The team will be led by the Malaita province’s Chief Environmental Health Inspector on a number of areas…
Biosecurity team to Malaita for rhinoceros beetle treatment
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI A team from the Biosecurity and Quarantine department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock will leave for Malaita province for rhinoceros beetle treatment. Research Officer under Malaita Agriculture Office, Mr Robert Tate’e made the statement…
Rapid growth of snail in Malaita needs control
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki THE rapid build-up of giant African snails in various identified sites in Malaita province needs effective control. The fast rate of invasion into new territories in Malaita by the snail is reported to be alarming and…
Beetle threat intensifies in Honiara
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA IT is reported that 90 percent of palm trees in Honiara are already damaged or dead because of the invasive Coconut Rhino Beetles (CRB), Acting Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), Mr Oswald…
Plastic waste accumulating at Kukum drainage pose health risk
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA WALK past the Kukum betel-nut market in Honiara and one could literally feel despair at the huge amount of plastic waste there. Residents and market vendors tell Island Sun that the plastic pollution is growing, worse…
SIG commends project
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MINISTRY of Forest and Research has commended the successful implementation of the Integrating Global Environment Commitments in Investment and Development Decision Making (IGECIDDM) Project in the country. The project is a partnership between GEF, United Nation…
SIG and UNDP forge commitment to save environment
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands Government and the United Nations Development Programme have concluded its three-year project which resulted with sets of commitment towards environment issues. The Integrating Global Environment Commitments in Investment and Development Decision Making (IGECIDDM) Project…
Solomon Islands slowly sinking: study
BY EZEKIEL TALATAU RECENT published studies from Australia says that five islands in the Solomon Islands are dropping below the ocean surface and some others are severely eroded. The researchers carried out the study based on monitoring system using satellite…