NEW YORK,09 JUNE 2017 (ISLANDS BUSINESS)— Fiji today unveiled almost twenty commitments on ocean conservation in the margins of the inaugural United Nations ocean conference in New York with pledges to pass legislation that will protect sharks, sting rays, turtles, spawning groupers, whales and dolphins. [restrict] The island nation further announced plans to reduce the […]
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18 firearms, 2800 round of ammunitions surrendered to Solomon Islands Police
A total of 18 firearms and more than 2800 round of ammunitions have been surrendered to police at the close of the second Amnesty period in Solomon Islands. [restrict] This was confirmed by Police Commissioner Mathew Varkey in a statement. The second gun Amnesty was launched since 22 May and end Friday midnight (12am) 09 […]
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UN Ocean Conference wraps up with actions to restore ocean health, protect marine life
The first-ever United Nations summit on oceans today wrapped up with a global agreement to reverse the decline of the ocean’s health, and more than 1,300 pledged actions for protecting the blue. [restrict] “The bar has been raised on global consciousness and awareness of the problem in the oceans,” the President of the UN General […]
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93 children pulled out of child labour in Fiji since 2011
SUVA, 12 JUNE 2017 (FBC NEWS)—Over the past six years, close to two hundred children who were engaged in some form of child labour in Fiji have been placed back in schools. [restrict] The Labour Ministry established a Child Labour Unit in 2011 and since then they have managed to pull out 193 children […]
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Tui-Samoa fibre optic cable test set for December
APIA, 09 JUNE 2017 (SAMOA OBSERVER) —The first testing for the Tui-Samoa underground fiber optic cable should take place in September. [restrict] Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi and his Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, Afamasaga Rico Tupai have been reassured that installation work of the Tui-Samoa Cable investment will start in mid-September. […]
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Large ice sheet ‘very close’ to breaking away from Antarctica
(CNN)A rift in an Antarctic ice shelf will soon create one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, according to scientists. [restrict] In the last six days, the rift in the Larsen C Ice Shelf has grown by 17 kilometers (10.5 miles). It is now 13 kilometers (8 miles) from the edge of the ice. Until […]