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World Environment Day: Connecting people to nature – reflections for Solomon Islands

EVERY year, June 5 is celebrated as World Environment Day worldwide. It is the United Nation’s principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Each year a theme is adopted to advocate on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming, to sustainable consumption and wildlife crime. This year 2017, the theme was ‘connecting people to nature’. It invited us to get into nature, appreciate its beauty, and think about how we are part of nature and how intimately we depend on it. This article is a personal reflection of how true this theme is for

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Fire trucks and firefighting equipment from NSW

DEAR EDITOR, it is reported that the Fire & Rescue Department of New South Wales (NSW), Australia as gifted three fire trucks and other equipment which will support the work

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Recording the truth

DEAR EDITOR, the Honourable Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, spoke last week at a high-level symposium on the legacy of RAMSI. The PM said it was important that future generations are

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Fiji’s Prime Minister offers permanent settlement to people of Tuvalu and Kiribati

DEAR EDITOR, according to a Radio New Zealand International news bulletin today, 3 July, 2017, Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama says people who leave Tuvalu and Kiribati because of climate

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Container of medical equipment and supplies for the NRH

DEAR EDITOR, a full 20 foot container of medical supplies and equipment has left New Zealand for the NRH and is estimated to arrive in Honiara on 10 July. The

A personal message for the Solomon Islands

DEAR EDITOR, the two day National Dialogue on Sustaining Peace and Stability in Solomon Islands which opened on Monday in Honiara and is set to conclude today, Tuesday, brought together

Alcohol abuse

HIS Excellency the Governor General, Sir Frank Ofagioro Kabui, spoke at the Queen’s Birthday celebration this last weekend when he said more should be done to educate the country on

Boating tragedy

I offer my sincere condolences to the families, friends and people of Uhu Village in West Are’Are, Malaita and Marau following the tragic deaths of five young people lost in

Niue to provide 40 percent of its energy through renewable generation by 2018

DEAR EDITOR, Radio New Zealand International has reported that New Zealand‘s Prime Minister, Bill English, who recently visited Niue, has opened new tourism facilities and unveiled plans to improve services for local households. New Zealand

Climate change seriously impacting on the Solomon Islands

DEAR EDITOR, in common with several of neighbouring low-lying pacific states, Solomon Islands future is being seriously threatened by the continuing impact of climate change. Turning attention to the COP23 Meeting which the Solomon

Pacer plus trade agreement- a new deal

ACCORDING to Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) sources today, Wednesday, 14 June 2016, a region-wide free trade agreement has been signed in Tonga, with some notable absences. “The deal, known as

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