BY LORETTA B MANELE
The media is not doing enough when it comes to reporting on “energy”, says Robert Luke Iroga, journalist and CEO of Solomon Islands Business Magazine.
He spoke briefly about this as a panel member on UNDP and Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) Panel Discussion on “Pathways towards better electric power availability, affordability, and sustainability” last Friday at Heritage Park Hotel.
“I think the media is not doing enough on energy. We want to report about power cuts.
“We want to report about planned outages.
“We never report about the realities of why the tariffs go high. Why we have an age infrastructure that also contributes towards the tariff,” he said.
Iroga stated that the media has also never reported on issues of advances in solar technology or on advances in technologies for new energy that will helps us to move forward.
In regards to the UNDP and MMERE’s public survey on national energy planning and discussions on energy, he said this is the part where the media can play in advancing the energy agenda.
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