FOURTEEN ministers took their Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office yesterday at the Government House. They are: Manasseh Sogavare MP as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Treasury; John Maneniaru MP as the Minister of Fisheries…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE newly elected Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Small Malaita Hon Rick Hou assures the country’s development partners that his administration is ready to re-engage and work together in advancing the interest of the country.…
BY BEN BILUA AN exclusive report has revealed that Isabel Province would have hosted a mini-township if Sumitomo had remained the licence holder of the Isabel Nickel Project. Source familiar with the report says Sumitomo had long term plans which…
By PRIESTLEY HABRU In Bonn, Germany SOLOMON Islands head of delegation to the Conference of Parties (COP23) of the United Nations United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (UNFCCC) Dr Melchior Mataki has highlighted the need to separate Disaster Risk Reduction…
Dear Editor, FOLLOWING closely on his election victory in the Solomon Islands to become the new Prime Minister, the Hon. Rick Houenipwela says one of his Government’s immediate tasks is to reopen closed clinics around the country. Prime Minister Houenipwela…
BY JARED KOLI IN BONN, GERMANY THE Solomon Islands government is seeking more global cooperation to ensure accelerate more action is done on the climate change front. Chief negotiator for Solomon Islands in the global discussions at COP23, and…
BY JARED KOLI IN BONN, GERMANY THE World Bank (WB) and Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement which will soon see a roll out of the much awaited fund for the multi-million Tina River Hydro…
BY JARED KOLI IN BONN, GERMANY THE Solomon Islands government delegation is undertaking four key tasks for multilateral global process on climate change at the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) in Bonn, Germany. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment,…
By PRIESTLEY HABRU In Bonn, Germany PACIFIC Islands delegates to the Bonn Climate Change Summit has demanded simplified accessibility and approval to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) – one of the key multiple funds under the United Nations Framework Convention…
By PRIESTLEY HABRU In Bonn, Germany SOLOMON Islands and other Pacific Islands are pushing for climate change Adaptation Fund to continue when the Kyoto Protocol lapses in 2020. This is one of the main items Pacific Islands’ delegates are…
