A LARGE team of technical experts from Kwater Corporation and Hyundai Engineering (HEC) is now in the country to progress engineering planning for the Tina Hydro Project. Kwater and HEC are the developers selected by Solomon Islands Government from an international tender process held in 2015. A statement from the Tina Hydro Office in Honiara…
The budding business community in Solomon Islands have again benefitted from Israeli business experts in a series of workshops undertaken in Honiara in the last couple of weeks. A team of Israeli experts arrived in the country at the end of July and have carried out a number of skills transfer workshops in Honiara targeting…
Honiara, Solomon Islands – Three Rural Training Centres (RTC) of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACoM) are the latest Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions that will be providing financial education (FinEd) curricula in their courses from 2018. This partnership between ACoM and the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) which will run from 1st…
AXF Gold Ridge Pty Ltd of Australia says it has secured additional investor funding to start the immediate recommissioning of the Gold Ridge Mine Project. “This investment will see mine production on track to start within 18 months,” a statement issued by the company on Wednesday stated. “In an unprecedented partnership arrangement, Gold Ridge Community…
Honiara, Solomon Islands – The Solomon Islands Inland Revenue Division (IRD) announced plans to modernize the Government’s Revenue Management System, vastly transforming the tax and payment landscape in the Solomon Islands. As a direct outcome of this modernization project, an estimated 123,800 wage and salary employees, 200 corporate taxpayers and 3,684 small businesses will be…
There is a notable increase of fake or counterfeit banknotes currently circulating within the country. The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has warned on Wednesday. In a statement, bank has once again advised the public to take heed of the illegal activity. CBSI advices the public to be mindful of these latest counterfeits. There…
THE country’s newest commercial bank BRED Bank Solomon Islands Limited is set to commence operation. This came after the bank was finally issued with its authorization letter to start banking business in the country. The Central of Solomon Islands (CBSI) in a statement on Wednesday announced that BRED Bank Solomon was issued with the final…
Fiji live Cattle import queried, Ministry defends claims CLAIMS have surfaced from concerned cattle farmers in the country over the proposed live cattle import from Fiji, in fear of the deadly Brucellosis Disease. Brucellosis Disease is a bacterial disease found in the reproductive tracts of animals which can also be transferred to humans. It causes…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) revealed that the government has secured US$15.4 million from the Asian Development Bank for the development of the USP fourth campus project in the country. The prolonged development of the project has received an encouraging progress and its ground breaking ceremony is scheduled for next month.…
ANZ bank customers in Malaita province who wish to do money transaction through cheque will have to travel to Honiara to be able to access this very service. And this was causing so much frustration and inconvenience amongst customers. This was after the ANZ bank has decided to close down its operational branch in Malaita…