The significance of the ‘tataloga’ accorded to Honiara Summit delegates

DELEGATES to the Honiara Summit on SDG 14.4: Sustainable Fisheries were welcomed with a traditional Guadalcanal Province welcome called the Tataloga, signifying their acceptance by the custodians of Honiara for the crucial meeting. When presenting Tataloga Chupu which involves the gifting of local food to the guests, the Premier of Guadalcanal Province, Willie Atu, who…

MOU to help youths in GP

THREE partners have came together to empower youths and address impacts of climate change on Guadalcanal Province (GP). Guadalcanal Provincial Government (GPG), the Solomon Islands National Youth Congress (SINYC), and Plan International Solomon Islands (PISI) have signed a youth Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Guadalcanal Province’s (GP) headquarters in Ritaleven, Central Honiara, on Wednesday.  The…

Use of banned plastic bottles during crowning night probed

The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology’s Environment and Conservation division (ECD) is taking the use of less than 1.5L plastic water bottles, an item banned under the Environment Single Use Plastic Ban Regulation 2023  at  the recent Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) seriously. This is after members of the public have…

Mother language day

On International Mother Language Day, 21 February 2025, a special celebration, Boldly Taking Our Languages into the Future, will be held at Solomon Islands National University Panatina Campus. The event also serves to recognise the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 – 2032). The day is being planned by SITAG and co-hosted by SINU. The keynote speaker during…