Pan Oceanic Bank (POB) says it will design a product that will allow old age people to have the chance to benefit from the services provided by the bank. This came after questions were raised as to why people ages more than 50 or 55 are not allowed to loan. The bank’s chief executive officer…
HONIARA was buzzing with excitement on Thursday after close to 2000 tourists from Australia landed at our shores. The one day visit had given smiles to the organisers, local craftsmen and women, cab and bus drivers, shop owners, tour guides, ports authority, banks, entertainers and the public at large. And one of the person who…
THE Pacific Business Mentoring program has ended a week long mentoring with the new clients. The closing ceremony was attended by the New Zealand High Commissioner, Her Excellency Marion Crawshaw, Development Counsellors Naomi Kyriacopoulos, Ana Reid and Chamber of Commerce CEO Jerry Maiki Tengemoana. This is the 4th year of the program, which is coordinated…
THE delay in processing of salaries through accounts by one of the commercial banks in the country has not gone down well with some of its customers. ANZ customers in recent weeks have claimed a delay in the processing of their salaries through their bank accounts which resulted in some of them receiving their salary…
Think differently – change the mind set – educate the children – leave a legacy for our children we can be proud of – just do it. These are just a few of the key messages emanating from the 2014 Our Telekom national tourism forum staged at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara last week.…
Solomon Islands’ very own canned tuna exporter, SolTuna walked away with the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for the Business of the Year (2014) at the second Solomon Islands Business Excellence Awards, celebrated on Saturday night 30th August. The panel of ten judges that evaluated a total of 47 entries selected Soltuna as the stand-out nomination,…
Honiara city needs additional hotels to cater for more tourists and visitors arrival. Barney Sivoro chair of Our Telekom national tourism forum (NTF) and director of tourism highlighted this during the forum held last Friday at Heritage Hotel. Mr Sivoro said Honiara city needs 4-5 star hotels in Honiara as a holding ground for tourists…
The 2014 tourism council meeting is set down for the 24-25 of this month in Honiara to look at the resolution that had been reached at last week’s tourism forum. This was highlighted by the director of tourism and chair of the 2014 Our Telekom national tourism forum Barney Sivoro last Friday. Mr Sivoro said…
Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) is seeking additional $9 million from the national government to boost its international and local tourism marketing promotion. Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (CEO) chief executive officer (CEO) Josefa Tuamoto highlighted this during the 2014 Our Telekom national tourism forum held at Heritage Park Hotel last Friday. Mr Josefa said that…
The pacific island region has greater challenges in raising its economic status and will continue to face slow economic growth. This was highlighted last week by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative for pacific island countries Yongzheng Yang at the end of a three days media training organised by the fund for regional business/economic…