CLOSE to 20 market vendors mostly women from Kogu village on South Rannogah, Western Province have opened their ANZ go-Money account during an one day Go-Money awareness at the village on Tuesday. ANZ sales team visited Kongu village to carry out the ANZ go-Money awareness. The awareness aims to help women vendors to save money…
Permanent Secretary (PS) for the Ministry Culture and Tourism (MCT) John Wasi urges tourism operators and general public in Honiara to attend the official launching of the Solomon Islands National Tourism Development Strategy today. Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare will attend the official launching today at the National Museum compound this morning. The strategy is…
Bintan pays gov’t $1.2m in export duty BINTAN Mining SI Limited, the mining firm contracted by Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) Ltd, has so far exported four shipments of bauxite from its Rennell operations. That’s according to documents obtained from Customs. And the company paid $1.2 million in export duty to the government on a…
THE GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) is committed to ensure most of the feeder and connecting roads plus the drainage system within the Honiara city and the outskirts of the city are improved. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) on Wednesday told the paper this road improvement project is…
Solomon Island should learn from European Union (EU) as a young democratic country in the pacific says Ambassador Leonidas Tezapsidis, Head of the European Union Delegation to Solomon Islands & Vanuatu. He highlighted this on Friday during the commemoration of EU day at Mendana Hotel. Mr Tezapsidis said, EU profound desire is that Solomon Islands,…
This week sees Solomon Breweries embark on a new journey with their much loved, premium, locally brewed beer, SolBrew Lager. In its 22 year history, SolBrew Lager has seen various packaging and branding evolutions, but none as significant and as exciting as the rebrand unveiled to consumers this week. In a nod to the history…
Y.Sato Marine in Solomon Islands has introduced a new range of solar kits designed in Japan by Akari. The manufacturer of the battery cells, GS Yuasa, acquired quality certification under the Lighting Global Project of the United Nations Affiliated World Bank. The Worlds first product certification for a battery manufacturer. Product quality certifications was acquired…
HONIARA City Council (HCC) Lord Mayor is appealing to the general public in the city to respect and give their best smiles to the tourists that will arrive in Honiara tomorrow morning. Alfred Fatai highlighted this during the launching of LEAF 2 years program at National Art Gallery yesterday. “About 2000 Australian tourists will grace…
SolRice recently launched their biggest ever promotion, with prizes worth nearly a quarter of a million dollars to be won by consumers of SolRais 20 and 10kg products. The promotion started on the 2nd April and will run until the 30th of June. Consumers win cash by buying SolRais 20 kg nd 10kg packs, cutting…
Y-Sato Marine, the sole distributor of Yamaha products in the country has officially opened its new mechanical storage facility at their head office in Honiara last Thursday. The renovation exercise costs the company about SBD$2.5million and took them for about six months to complete. The renovation was tendered and Hatanga Ltd was tasked to do…