Pray for One another

Welcome to our ongoing discussion on the ‘One another’ series in the New Testament.This week we will look at the twelve of the ‘one another’ sayings and that is to “pray for one another” (James 5:16). I believe that you have been blessed and encouraged by what we have already looked at in this series.…

Bauxite mining awareness in Rendova

Bintang Borneo Mining company from Indonesia and officials from the Ministry of Mines and Energy are conducting awareness onBauxite mining around Rendova Island in Western Province this week. They are currently in Munda to conduct the mining awareness. Speaking to the Solomon Star in Munda over the weekend an officer from the ministry who wanted…

Tourism council meeting postponed

The 2014 tourism council meeting set down for this month in Honiara has been postponed to early next year. Director of Ministry of Culture Barney Sivoro told the Solomon Star on Monday. Mr Sivoro said ministry has postponed the 2014 tourism council meeting to early next year since six provincial government and national will go…

Our very own first chocolate

The country’s first ever single origin premium chocolate is now out in the market after the first batch was produced in Australia last month. The breakthrough which was made by C-Corp Solomon Islands Limited has also seen local cocoa beans being recognised by chocolate producers. C-Corp Limited has been working on this project for the…

Varivao exports kava to US

Varivao Holdings Ltd has secured a new market in the United States (US) to sell its locally produced kava. Duddley Longamei the company’s managing director said this was made possible after months of conducting its own market research, initiatives and resources. “In order to reach this market it has costs us asubstantial amount of money…

FSII renews call on resource owners

THE POPULAR concern citizens group, the Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) has renewed calls on landowners and resource owners not to rush into signing agreements without knowing and understanding their contents. FSII President Redley Raramo echoed this warning again after two similar calls this year. Raramo said while it cannot be denied that the country…

More batch of young entrepreneurs graduate

More than 20 young aspiring entrepreneurs graduated last Thursday from the Youth@Work business class. The class spanned 3 weeks and saw the young business men and women learning basic business training which covered topics such as identifying opportunities, managing a business, costing their products and analysing their intended market. The young participants of the Youth@Work…

Good job

Dear Editor – I wish to applaud the Live Stock and Livelihood department, Ministry of Agriculture for a great job in assisting local farmers with our small projects, example poultry. I applied for poultry project early this year, and even though the flash flood did affect our budgets, I was able to get assistance from…

Role of parliament

Dear Editor – Listening to the talk-back show on “Election for what” program over SIBC on Sunday 21st September, 2014, I came back to realise that those who called in to comment, did not know the role of Parliament and what Parliament is. They thought of Parliament as a place to hand out free gifts,…