GOVT WILL UNVEIL MACROECONOMIC PLAN

After taking a number of economic steps to keep the economy afloat during this COVID- 19 situation, the National Government has come up with a Fiscal and Macroeconomic Response Plan. Details of the plan will be presented by the Minister of Finance and Treasury, honorable Harry Kuma, when he will introduce the 2022 Appropriation Bill…

PM wants GPPOL to expand operations

 PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare is encouraging Guadalcanal Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) to expand its current operations on Guadalcanal Province to provide more employment opportunities.  Mr Sogavare made this statement when welcoming senior executive members of GPPOL who made a courtesy call to the Prime Minister, Thursday.  The GPPOL executive was led by General Manager Noor…

SW seeks fund to implement plan

ONE of the country’s State Owned Enterprises (SOE)-the Solomon Water (SW) is scouting for a possible fund to implement its plan to build new water supply infrastructure and rehabilitating some. Chief Operation Officer (COO) for Solomon Water Scraven Tongi said they have done the detailed engineer design for the water infrastructure and rehabilitation for the…

SI tourism sector – ready for reopening

As the Solomon Islands prepares to rejoin the world after more than two years of isolation, results of a recently-conducted Ministry of Culture & Tourism/Tourism Solomons survey show the country’s tourism sector is ready to welcome visitors as soon as the decision to reopen the border has been finalised. According to the resultant ‘COVID Preparedness…

$5M PAY PACKAGE

For Comptroller of Customs under a three years contract COMPTROLLER of Customs, Jim Sutton whose three-year contract was terminated by the Australian Government last December, has been rehired by the cash-strapped Solomon Islands government for a salary package of nearly $5 million a year, documents obtained by Solomon Star have revealed. The three-year contract which…

US$15M BOOST FOR AGRICULTURAL HERE

THE World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$15 million project to increase agricultural production and improve market access for rural communities in Solomon Islands, initially focusing on Guadalcanal, Makira and Malaita provinces. The Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project will support 85,000 Solomon Islanders with training, farming and livestock support services,…

PLEA FOR HELP

Shipping sector to take its fight for support to govt REPRESENTATIVES of the domestic shipping industry will this week make a formal submission seeking government assistance, warning the industry has hit rock bottom and unless there is support, many may not survive. A spokesman and General Manager of East Kwaio’s Gulatatae Shipping, Vincent Nomae told…