Prime Minister Rick Hou on Saturday officially launched the operations of the country’s fourth commercial bank, BRED Bank. BRED Bank expanded its operations into the country since last year. “I am pleased that BRED Bank has ticked all the boxes and met our entire licensing requirement,” Hou said. He added BRED has worked tirelessly to…
Staff plan to protest By ANDREW FANASIA Staff of Our Telekom are planning to stage a sit-in protest this week following the company’s move to undertake a redundancy exercise. Sources within Telekom revealed the plan after the nation’s biggest telecommunications firm told its workers around 100 employees will be affected. “The management does not want…
The 6th Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival (MAFCEST) 2018 preparation is on the right track as the committee is working under a very tight budget of $7 million sourced from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the MACFest chair Andrew Nihopara told the local media on…
A FOUR day training on tilapia was successfully conducted last week in Malaita province. A total of six rural training centres (RTC) school principals, agriculture instructors and 22 leading tilapia farmers in the province have attended the training. It was held in Auki, Malaita. The training was possible under a four years partnership agreement by…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) has acknowledged the move by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration (MCILI) to put a stop to foreigners who are illegally operating businesses which are on the reserved list for local Solomon Islanders. There have been serious concerns raised recently by members of the…
For the fourth month in a row, international visitation to the Solomon Islands has shown double digit growth. Figures released by the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) this week reveal international visitation increased for April 2018 increased 11.8 per cent over the corresponding month in 2017. The 2,250 total recorded showed an increase of…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) as the peak body representing the private sector in the country applauds the Solomon Islands Government and the Australian Government for their commitment to progress the high-speed telecommunication undersea cable from Sydney to Honiara. On Wednesday 13th June 2018, Prime Minster Rick Houenipwela and his Australian…
HIRED Fokker 70 aircraft from Brisbane-based Alliance Airlines based in Australia has serviced the Solomon Airlines operated Brisbane-Honiara-Tarawa international route. The aircraft arrived in Honiara before going on to Tarawa a little bit late than schedule. It will return to Honiara today and continues on to Brisbane. National flag carrier Solomon Airlines was forced to…
REGISTERED participants at the Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival (MACFest) next month will now have access to fresh bottled water and soft drinks thanks to Szetu Enterprises Ltd (SEL). This is being possible following an agreement signed between Szetu and MACFest national organising committee (NOC) yesterday, making SEL as the first Honiara company to sign…
Solomon Islands National Teachers Association (SINTA) will soon benefit from ten newly built houses at Lungga area, east Honiara. The houses are expected to be completed by July. The ten new houses which are still under construction are the latest development and the first of its kind which comes under the SINTA new executive…