THE total international arrival of visitors for the second quarter of this year was 11, 546 which is an increase of 18.4 percent (%) compared to the first quarter of this year. This was revealed in a latest statistical Bulletin from the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) this week. Compared to the same quarter…
FORMER employees of Russell Island Plantation Estate Limited (RIPEL) have raised questions over the new ownership deal revealed recently with a new investor, which denied their ownership rights in the shareholding arrangement The new shares proposed in the current ownership status, and appeared in Company Haus, shows that International Comtrade& Shipping (SI) Limited has 75.1…
THE Solomon Islands Financial Intelligence Unit (SIFIU) finally launched and coordinated another major Anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) National Risk Assessment (NRA) program that commences Monday this week. The Risk Assessment work may take up to six months to complete and requires the cooperation of both the private and the public sector.…
A LOCAL business man who lent more than $2 million to the cash-strapped Malaita Provincial government at 20 per interest rate claimed he did so to “save the province from sinking”. Alick Butala, who is also a member of the provincial executive, stated this as the scandal surrounding the illegal borrowing the provincial executive has…
Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) funded fishery studies complex for Solomon Islands National University is progressing well. This was revealed during a project site visit made on August 30th by KOICA and SINU Representatives. Hatanga Group, the project contractor has completed the foundation work. Project Manager Mr. Andrew Fraser said experts from Honiara City Council…
RESIDENTS of Gizo, the provincial capital of the Western Province have commended the great work done by the Consumer Affairs team within the Ministry of Commerce and the Gizo Town Council for confiscating the huge haul of expired goods last week. Reports reaching the Solomon Star said that last Wednesday, officers from both the Consumer…
ABOUT 2,490 bags of ten kilogram rice have been arrived in the country. They are being imported by Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Trade and Industries of Solomon Islands (ICCTISI) from Vietnam. It cost ICCTISI about $345,500 to purchase the long grain rice. The bags of rice have been unloaded from two containers yesterday and ready…
High production of copra recorded THE country’s copra industry has experienced a major boost in terms of its production, from October 2015 through to the current, a latest revelations has exposed. This is recorded from the farmers’ platform through to the export market over the past months. In an interview with a General Manager from…
Tourism and human resource has been identified as the two greatest assets in Malaita Province. That was according to the Malaita Premier Peter Chanel Ramoihia while speaking at the recent Yam and Cultural festivals in Afio, Small Malaita. Mr. Ramoihia said as the head of the province he has no doubt that two of thegreatest…
Many of the over 1,000 daily visitors to the Yam & Cultural Festivals held at Pululaha Village, near Afio Substation in Small Malaita between 24 and 27 July 2016 participated in the community engagement sessions organised by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Community Policing Unit from Auki and supported by the Regional Assistance…