Category: Pacific

New USP Campus in Honiara ready for official opening
Education

New USP Campus in Honiara ready for official opening

Fredrick Kusu- February 8, 2024

By IAN KAUKUI The first phase of the new University of the South Pacific (USP) campus in Honiara has already been completed and ready for ... Read More

Solomon Islands wins bid to host 2025 Miss Pacific Pageant
Pacific

Solomon Islands wins bid to host 2025 Miss Pacific Pageant

Fredrick Kusu- January 31, 2024

Solomon Islands will welcome beauty pageants from Pacific Islands states on its shores after winning the bid to host the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant ... Read More

Solomon Islands: COP28 fall short of keeping 1.5 °c within reach
Climate Change

Solomon Islands: COP28 fall short of keeping 1.5 °c within reach

Fredrick Kusu- December 13, 2023

The COP28 climate summit concluded in Dubai with a landmark climate agreement to transition away from fossil fuels on Wednesday. This comes after an overnight ... Read More

Solomon Islands urges governments to reach consensus on sticking points at COP28
Climate Change

Solomon Islands urges governments to reach consensus on sticking points at COP28

Fredrick Kusu- December 11, 2023

Over the next 24 hours, governments from around the world are expected to agree to a climate agreement here in the oil-rich country of the ... Read More

Beyond COP28 climate talks, Solomon Islands to scale-up its climate resilience
Climate Change

Beyond COP28 climate talks, Solomon Islands to scale-up its climate resilience

Fredrick Kusu- December 10, 2023

Like other small island developing states, the Solomon Islands where climate change threatens the very existence of the people and the country, adaptation is not ... Read More

“We cannot relent, and we must not fail,” Solomon Islands tells world leaders at COP28
Climate Change

“We cannot relent, and we must not fail,” Solomon Islands tells world leaders at COP28

Fredrick Kusu- December 8, 2023

Speaking at the high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, ... Read More

Solomon Islands tells World leaders at COP28 of its Future Climate Projection at Stake
Climate Change

Solomon Islands tells World leaders at COP28 of its Future Climate Projection at Stake

Fredrick Kusu- December 6, 2023

The current impact of climate change in Solomon Islands reaches a threatening level causing loss to low-lying Islands. As discussions and negotiations are in full ... Read More