THERE are claims of con agent and ghost company going around to fool landowners and government authorities on the new partnership deal for the resumption of Gold Ridge mine. A statement from the Gold-Ridge Community Investment Limited (GCIL) cautioned that there are groups of local people associated with some foreigners, who are interfering in the…
KASTOM Garden Association senior poultry technician Peter Haeo strongly urges farmers to raise the naked- neck rooster and hen in the Solomon Islands. Speaking during the opening of a two-day Pacific Open Pollinated Seed Round table discussion at Kingdom Harvest Centre, Henderson in Honiara on Monday, Mr Haeo said while the round table sitting was…
Solomon Airlines announced today that it will not allow Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones on board all its international and domestic flights with immediate effect. This follows the recent emergency alerts issued by major aviation regulatory authorities banning the device amidst persisting reports of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Phones catching fire. Passengers are therefore…
A CONTRACT to undertake a major upgrade of Honiara’s water infrastructure has been awarded to Australian-based Joint Venture Contractors Reeves International and CCB Envico, Solomon Water announced on Wednesday. The SOE held an international call for tenders earlier in the year, and received submissions from local and international companies, with Reeves International and CCB Envicowinning…
SOLRICE Company Ltd together with Solomon Host has signed a sponsorship deal for the Miss Solomon Islands 2016 pageant on Monday. The sealed sponsorship deal now confirms Solrice Company as the bronze sponsor for this year’s Miss Solomon Islands pageant, which is organised by the local events group – Solomon Host. “Solrice will be the…
DEPUTY Mayor of Honiara City and Chairman of Finance Charles Aiwosuga, has made a strong appeal to all business houses, vehicle owners and retail shops within the City to pay up their Business Licenses. He made the call following lack of payment from some business owners on their licences to operate within the City, as…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group says the Minister of Finance may be in breach of section 52(1)(a) of the Public Finance Management Act 2013, which requires him to table the mid-year review report on the execution of the 2016 budget within seven months from the start of the financial year. In a statement on Thursday, the…
ONE of the telecommunication providers in the country and Honiara City’s largest network provider Bmobile-Vodafone has launched yet another of its attractive data product, last week. Called the Data-Club, the product is set to bring in superior quality data in affordable pack size. This new product was launched after the company just recently finished their…
MORE Bmobile-Vodafone customers over the weekend have been utilizing the Uni14 product of the telecommunication company after the successful launch of the D-Club, last Friday. Speaking to the Solomon Star, a faithful customer of Bmobile-Vodafone Lazarus Kwairi lauded the company for such data upgrade done with the Uni14 product. “Now, I don’t have to spend…
THE 2016 Alliance for Financial Inclusion Global Policy Forum (AFI-GPF) under its Pacific regional sub-group have noted the efforts of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) in championing gender-balance in its financial inclusion work. Members of the Pacific Islands Regional Initiative (PIRI) under AFI highlighted this during their major panel session yesterday in front…