BY PRIESTLEY HABRU In Bonn, Germany SOLOMON Islands work programme on the Paris Agreement is slow, says the country’s head of delegation to the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…
BY JARED KOLI IN BONN, GERMANY GREATER coordination is needed in the management of Climate Finance, says Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) Dr Melchior Mataki at the global climate…
By PRIESTLEY HABRU In Bonn, Germany NATURAL World Heritage Sites have contributed to addressing climate change according to preliminary findings by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IUCN’s Monitoring Officer for World Heritage Programme Ms Elena Osipova…
By PRIESTLEY HABRU In Bonn, Germany SOLOMON Islands has played a key role in ensuring the Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) Platform at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted at the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23)…
SOLOMON Islands has won the bid to host the Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) in 2018. A delegation led by Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs Joseph Ma’ahanua has expressed Solomon Islands’ intention to host the event during a PALMAM…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE new Minister of Development Planning and Aid Coordination (MDPAC) Hon Jeremiah Manele has vowed to restructure the ministry’s approach in delivering its services. Speaking in Parliament on Monday, the Member of Parliament for Hograno/Katova/Kia/Havulei said…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRINCIPAL Magistrate Fatimah Taeburi has raised concerns over the delay in police investigations which are leading to an increase in pending court cases. Taeburi voiced this yesterday when prosecution admitted that they were still waiting for investigators…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI A good number of Chinese nationals are currently engaged in illegal Beche-de-mer trading in the country. A source tells Island Sun that around 20 are in the Lord Howe islands, trading beche-de-mer without work permits. 90 percent…
PM defuses internal row over chief of staff appointment – Djokovic or Usuramo, new post created By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Ricky Hou has used his management skills in defusing an internal row which has the potential to tear his…
Parents’ last hopes rest on MEHRD as uncertainty over children’s future troubles them BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PARENTS of students who sat this year’s examination are still uncertain and are worrying over their children’s future. Speaking with Island Sun, a parent…
