Each month bmobile-Vodafone in partnership with its distributor Low Price are giving away an I-pad to one of their retailers who purchase EVD top up’s directly from Low-Price. Each time the retailer purchases $10,000 they will enter the draw to win an Apple I-pad. The draw was done on Saturday 1st of August for the…
Participants at the first ever chocolate making training in the country have acknowledged the ‘pure chocolate’ taste produced during the training. The 40 participants will end their one and half training today at the Maranatha Hall, East Honiara with a competition. Dr Nat Bletter, Chocolate Flavor meister of Madre Chocolate and is business partner David…
AS part of Bmobile/Vodafone expansion in the country a new tower is set to go on air tomorrow within the Ranadi area, east of Honiara. In a statement on Thursday the company’s Country Manager Niall Downey confirmed another new bmobile Vodafone site will go on air on the 1st of August. “It is another SST…
GWAUNARU’U airport near Auki has been declared re-opened by Aviation but the delay rests with Solomon Airlines and the National Government according to Malaita’s provincial minister for lands administration reform and survey. Martin Fini made the clarification following public queries on why there are still no flights to the airstrip despite recent declaration that the…
A HISTORIC training on how to produce chocolate from locally grown cocoa beans is currently underway in Honiara. It was organised by the Adventist Disaster Relief Agency (ADRA) with support from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Australian Government (DFAT) and Solomon Islands NGO Partnership Agreement (SINPA). About 40 farmers mostly young farmers…
A United States (US) based chocolate manufacturer Madre Chocolate is planning to source cocoa beans from the Solomon Islands to produce chocolate. Speaking to the Solomon Star on Wednesday Dr Nat Bletter, ethnobotanist, cacao researcher and chocolate maker based in Hawaii said, he has been collecting cocoa beans from Hawaii, South and Central America to…
TOURISM operators in Marovo Lagoon, Western Province who fails to pay up their bed levy and business registration with Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau(SIVB)have received letters reminding them to settle their outstanding payment and register their accommodation or they will face the law. About seven operators in Marovo lagoon who are yet to settle their bed…
TOURISM operators in Marovo Lagoon, Western Province have been urged to build standard and simple accommodation. Officials from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) and Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) highlighted this during a two days tour to some of the tourism operators within the Lagoon last week. The aim of the visit was…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services on Thursday has congratulated Delite Industries in undertaking the fortification of their flour. This means Solomon Islanders will be less vulnerable to disease, after the country’s flour miller began adding essential vitamins and minerals to their product last week. This is a significant achievement for Solomon Islands,’ said…
Proposed purchase of Westpac Corporation’s operations in Solomon Islands by Bank South Pacific of Papua New Guinea has been delayed. Expectations were for all necessary statutory, regulatory and third party approvals to be completed with full transactions, June 2015. BSP early this year announced it had entered into a proposed sales agreement to purchase Westpac’s…