Eleven Pacific Island nations have been invited to participate in an annual trade exhibition in Melbourne, Australia, later this year. Jeremy Grennell, from the Pacific Islands Trade and Invest (PT&I) said Pacific Island exporters should attend the trade exhibition as it was a cost effective sales and marketing platform. Grennell said the trade show, Fine…
World food prices rose in the first quarter of the year for the first time since their all-time high in August 2012, driven by rising demand in China, drought in the United States and unrest in Ukraine. The leapAccording to the World Bank, internationally traded food prices increased by a sharp 4.0 per cent. The…
A United Nation (UN) supported training program for women market vendors is making progress in Auki, Malaita province. The training is being staged at the Rarasu restaurant. The aims and objectives of the workshop are to ensure that public market areas are safe for all women vendors and free from discrimination.Since the start of the…
In my last column, I touched on access to banking services and the power of connectivity. In this article, I hope to demonstrate the power of our ANZ goMoney mobile phone banking technology in providing both access and connectivity to both urban and rural communities across the country. 75% of the population across the Pacific…
PEOPLE of Makira-Ulawa Province were told yesterday the European duty free banana market is opened to them to sell their banana products. British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Dominic Meikel John told the people of this at the opening of the Banana festival at provincial capital Kirakira. Mr John was the quest of honour at…
The Kirakira township is buzzing with excitement as the Makira banana festival kicked off yesterday. Hundreds of people from far and near turned out in numbers to witness the grand occasion. The highlight of the event was the float parade from the western end of the township where Makira premier Thomas Weape meets with the…
DEAR EDITOR – As a student in my early year 11 at Selwyn College, I am writing to complain about my dissatisfaction with the leaders of this beautiful nation of ours. One trend I find particular appalling is that the government of this nation really don’t care about this lovely nation of ours. But why…
DEAR EDITOR – Please allow me some space to share my view on the above topic. I saw a post which was advertised in your good paper last fortnight which caught me by surprise and of course brings a lot of questions, and made me wonder as to what is happening at the centre. This…
DEAR EDITOR – I wish to take this page to voice out my concern about the selling of land in our capital city, Honiara. The selling of land in our city is probably a matter of fact that had been tremendously done by those who will live in our capital city with the support from…
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