AUKI Plaza, one of the largest buildings close to the new Auki main market is going to be sold to the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF). This move has really got tenants of the plaza to strongly ask the Malaita Provincial Government to not sell it. “This is the only large commercial property the…
NATIONAL CARRIER Solomon Airlines will be relaunching its Honiara-Sydney route starting on Tuesday 26th of this month. This came after the Solomon Airlines announced the temporary suspension of its Sydney-Honiara service from 22 February – 25 April 2016 while the carrier’s flagship Airbus A-320 undergoes maintenance in Singapore. Reports reaching the Solomon Star confirmed that,…
PARTICIPANTS of the CDF awareness workshop organized at Radefasu commended Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) for educating constituents about the funds. More than 18 representatives from wards 21 and 29 of Central Kwara’ae constituency attended the workshop which was held yesterday at Radefasu village. A participant Clade Maelefoa said the workshop was timely and informative. “The…
Bmobile-Vodafone last night hands over the $15,000 cash prize at their head office to the deserving winners of the dance competition called – Inmates. Their video clip had the most likes with over 1,300 on the bmobile-Vodafone Facebook page www.facebook.com/bmobile.vodafone.solomons. There was over 40,000 views in total for the nine dance acts who uploaded their…
MALAITA province Premier, Peter Ramohia has defended the $4 million offer to National Provident Fund (NPF) for the sale of the deteriorated Auki plaza. This came after the Auki Plaza Tenants committee has condemned the move by the province to sell the building to NPF. Ramohia told the Solomon Star in Honiara yesterday, that the…
SOLOMON Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) Chief Executive Officer, Collin Yow has attacked multi-national companies investing in the country describing them as ripping off more money from people of this country. Some of the companies are Solrice, Guadalcanal Plains and Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) and National Fisheries Development. Speaking during the public forum at Heritage Park…
The public forum organised by the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) to clarify issues surrounding the SIPA reform was successfully held yesterday at the Heritage Park Hotel conference room. Hundreds of people attended the meeting with presentations from members of the SIPA team including the controversial Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Collin Yow. The forum was…
THE Guadalcanal Provincial government led by newly elected premier Anthony Veke has only today to pass their 2016-2017 budget. According to Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening law, every budget of the nine provincial governments must be passed before March the 31st. This was to allow the Minister to endorse it before the province…
The Western Provincial Assembly (WPA) acknowledged and appreciated the assistance provided by the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) in restoring law and order after the ethnic tension which affected the country from 1998 to 2003. “Solomon Islands must now take care of its own security. RAMSI cannot stay forever. We must accept responsibility…
SIPA sells rice without license Selling of rice and then noodles by Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) is illegal because SIPA did not pay any business license to the Honiara City Council. An immediate stop notice was issued by HCC Law Enforcement Division, Charles Aiwosuga. “Unless SIPA follows HCC business ordinances, the council sees its…