REACH Consultancy this week has provided live-saving assistance to the Adaliua Piggery Farm in Central Kwara’ae in Malaita Province. Since the switch of diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China in 2019, the Adaliua Farm asset was transferred from the Taiwan Technical Mission to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL). However, the farm received minimal…
SOLOMON Airlines newly appointed managers of International Ground Operations and Quality Assurance – 145, received their Fit and Proper Person (FPP) Certificates granted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Solomon Islands (CAASI). The CEO of Solomon Airlines, Gus Kraus, together with other senior executives from the airline, were present to witness the handing over of…
REINVESTMENT in the out-growers’ reforestation activities in the country is a way forward to pump in much needed revenue into the national economy and must be encouraged. Member of Parliament (MP) for Gizo/Kolombangara Lanelle Tanangada highlighted this last month during Sine Die motion. “The out grower project directly injects revenue into the local economy. “I…
TEAMA – TIME FOR SI TO SHARE IN THE BENEFITS FROM SOUTH PACIFIC CRUISING THE Solomon Islands 2023 cruise season is off to a cracking start with seven ships already confirmed over the next four months. First off the rank is the 165-cabin – MS Paul Gauguin – which had arrived in Solomon Islands waters…
THE newly elected Western Provincial Government (WPG) Executive under the leadership of Billy Veo is being urged to step up their monitoring and surveillance activities of logging companies operating in the province. This came after claims that there are companies currently in operating in the province without following proper process to acquire their operating licenses.…
Western Provincial Tourism Division has received the sum of $1 million dollars support from the Solomon Island Government (SIG) to boost up its tourism activities in Western Province. The $1M will be projected under a Cruise Ship Jetty Project that will be carried out later sometime this year in Gizo at the provincial capital western…
AUSTRAC, Australia’s financial intelligence unit (FIU), has provided Solomon Islands FIU with a new data analytics system that will aid in the detection of money laundering and be used to combat criminal and national security threats. The TAIPAN system will enable intelligence analysts in Solomon Islands FIU to identify suspicious financial patterns that can trigger…
COCONUT farmers in West Kwaio are excited to see the expansion and implementation of coconut rehabilitation project in West Kwaio constituency. The project is initiated by Ward 28 Youth Council through support of Member of Parliament for West Kwaio Constituency Hon. Claudios Tei’ifi. Report reaching this paper said the project implementation team in West Kwaio…
Western Province is one of the top performing provinces under the Provincial Constituency Development Fund (PCDF) for the past15 years with a record of 381 projects have been undertaken. Western Province Premier Billy Veo in his Sine Die Motion speech on Friday highlighted this. “Records under the Ministry of Provincial Government since the interception of…
GIZO: CASH circulation in any economy of a country is very important to keep businesses and trading activities going. In the country its important to allow our people to engage in economic activities and earn cash to help sustain their lives and improve their standard of living. However, the higher rate of cash circulation always…