Landowners call for respect from miner

BUNGUSULE Customary Landowner Trustees on San Jorge in Isabel Province have reinforced their position as the rightful owners of Tenement G7 and urged Bintan Mining Company and its associates to respect the court decisions upholding their ownership over the land. A spokesperson for the trustees Janet Voda said there was a lot of misinformation in…

Axiom hits outs  at mine bosses

AXIOM Mining has hit out strongly at the minister and director for mines over the delay to issue them an export permit. The company’s general manager Dr Phil Tagini said poor decisions and unfair treatment of investors in the mining industry by key figures in the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) are…

POB celebrates 5th anniversary  

THE Pan Oceanic Bank (POB) on Thursday morning had a simple but participative event to share and celebrate its 5th Anniversary with its customers both at their head office at Hyundai Mall and Panatina branch. Speaking to the paper POB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kumar Wickramarachchi said during those events, they have shared their sentiments with…

NO EXPORT PERMIT YET FOR MINER

Landowners question delay TWO leading landowners of Axiom Mining Limited’s mining lease site on San Jorge in Isabel Province, Sam Pitu and Janet Voda, have questioned why the government keeps refusing to grant an export permit to the Australian mining company to ship out its nickel ore products to its United States-based buyer Traxys. In…

SANBIS RESORT ROW

Landowners want foreign owner to leave island By ANDREW FANASIA A WELL-KNOWN holiday resort in Western Province is facing closure after landowners took legal action to evict its foreign owner over alleged land-lease breaches. Sanbis Resort is located on Babanga island, a seven-minute boat ride from provincial capital Gizo. Opened in 2005 by its Swiss…

Airbus grounded, awaits parts 

SOLOMON Airlines Airbus A320 was grounded since Sunday in Honiara after it developed a mechanical problem. As a result many passengers were left stranded after their flights were disrupted. Solomon Airline Commercial Manager Colin Sigimanu told the Solomon Star on Monday, they are waiting for the spare-parts to arrive sometimes today or tomorrow so that their…

Park welcomes Munda airport opening

VISITING Eagon Group of Companies Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has welcomed the opening of the newly serviced Munda international airport in Western Province. Young-Ju Park hailed the initiative by the Government after spending the past week to visit Eagon’s operation in Arara near Viru in New Georgia. Arara is several kilometres from Munda. As of…