THE 2019 Solchoc Festival is now underway in Honiara following its official opening ceremony, Monday. The opening ceremony was held at the National Auditorium and was witnessed by cocoa industry representatives, international judges and cocoa farmers from around the country. The three days event has brought together cocoa farmers, processors, exporters and buyers to share…
AS the body representing the private sector, we are focused on supporting businesses to thrive and create jobs, but at the same time we need to inspire our students, our young generation to aim high and to reach their full potential, as they are our future workforce as well as business entrepreneurs. Chief Executive Officer…
THE Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) on Tuesday conducted a successful consultation with members of the land owning groups at Gold Ridge Mine site. The consultation mainly focused on the National Minerals Policy, Mining Bill and the Solomon Islands Minerals Advisory Centre (SIMAC), a new avenue the government has decided to include…
A MAJOR step forward for the future promotion and development of the Solomon Islands dive tourism sector, the destination’s main dive operators have agreed to combine resources to create a formal representative body – Dive Operators Solomon Islands (DOSI). The move follows a recent forum in Honiara facilitated by Strongim Bisnis, an Australian government initiative…
THE Solomon Islands Small Business Enterprise Centre (SISBEC) has finally opened its doors on Thursday in Munda, Western province. A ceremony to declare the official opening of the organisation was attended by numerous individuals including the Deputy Premier and Permanent Secretary of the Western Province,as well as church and community leaders. In his speech at…
Five Solomon Islands local businesses are participating in this year’s Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) New Zealand’s Path to Market programme in Auckland. This programme opens opportunities for companies and their products to enter the New Zealand market and potentially beyond. Forty Pacific Island companies and businesses with market ready or nearly market ready products participated…
THE Solomon Islands Chamber Commerce and Industry (SICCI) now has a new Board that will lead its mandate for the next twelve (12) months. The new Board for 2019-2020 was elected during the 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of SICCI on Wednesday 20th Mach 2019 at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara. The new Board…
The 2018 Biennial Remuneration Survey has seen the increase on the number of participants who have shown commitment to putting in place credible and consistent procedures in dealing with their employees’ remuneration. According to the 2018 survey, every year organizations, companies and businesses are using the Remuneration Survey and are developing policies and putting more…
AXIOM is set to make its first shipment of nickel ore from Isabel Province next month. This has been long time in the making as the nickel deposits were discovered way back in the 1950s and 60s. More recently, Sumitomo of Japan were working on deposits in both Isabel and Choiseul provinces but were caught…
POWERFUL Honiara Businessman, Sir Thomas Chan is calling on any new government formed this year to work together with international partners and donors to assist local business houses to manufacture local products for export. Speaking in an exclusive interview, Sir Chan said this is trade in partnership and development partners need to assist national government…