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Electricity charge drops

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Council plans to provide scales for fish vendors

THE office of the market master plans to provide scales to fish vendors at the Honiara central market to avoid vendors robbing customers by adjusting their scales. That was according to assistant market master Steve Batabiriala in an interview with the Solomon Star on Tuesday. “The idea of providing scales to fish vendors is to…

Plans to improve central market

Plans are underway to improve the standard of Honiara central market. Market master Saxon Ofata highlighted this during an interview with the Solomon Star on Tuesday. Mr Ofata who just took up the market master post last month said, under his new management the team is working very hard this year to improve the standard…

Bmobile/Vodafone opens new office in Auki

Bmobile & Vodafone on Tuesday has unveiled its new Auki branch, Malaita Province as part of its expansion in the country. Malaita Regional Manager Dave Kaituu said the company is pleased to open its new office space in Auki as part of serving its customers in the province. The office space is located at the…

Demand, supply vital in enhancing tourism

Demand and supply are the two main things to enhance tourists’ activities in the country says the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (VB) Josefa Tuamoto. Speaking before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Mr Tuamoto said, the two main important things to identify in boosting tourism market is to consider the…

Timber exporters gauge Anzac market potential

DELEGATES of the Solomon Islands Timber Export Mission to New Zealand have described their experience as “invaluable”. The mission comprising eight timber exporters also visited Australia as part of a fact finding mission and to meet with their importer-customers in the two countries earlier this month. New Zealand and Australia are major export markets for…

Bemobile/Vodafone on air Kakabona

Bmobile/Vodafone on Friday launched the first of the 12 new 3G+ sites at Kakabona area in West Honiara. Country manager Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Niall Downey said, the service will give the Tandai, White River, Kakabona area new 3G+ coverage. Mr Downey said, the site will provide both voice and data reception starting from Tandai…

Bank commits A$100k for cyclone recovery in Vanuatu

Westpac has announced today it has committed A$100,000 (SBD$780, 000) to the Vanuatu Red Cross to support disaster-affected regions. Westpac Bank in a statement early this week said, this financial assistance will enable the Red Cross to respond quickly to immediate needs such as food and clean water as well as the longer-term rebuilding and…

Tourism training for Isabel operators successful

A FOUR days training funded by Live&Learn in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) has ended successfully in Isabel Province last week. It was organised at two different venues namely Lololeheo Homestay and Boletei, Havulei Ward and was attended by nearly 42 participants. About 24 participants attended the training held at Lololeheo…

Training for Police & Immigration

Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) will organise a half day Service Excellent Training for Immigrations and Police Officers, Wednesday. The training will be held at SIVB conference room starting 10am. SIVB funded the training as part of improving service delivery to people visiting the country. The training aims to give immigration and police officers better…