FORUM Solomon Islands International (FSII) has called on St Barbara, owners of Gold Ridge Mining Limited (GRML), to tell the nation if they are still interested in running the mine in central Guadalcanal. The call came after the Solomon Star published a private view article entitle “GRML was wrong all along”. FSII said the contents…
ELEVEN students will pursue their studies in Taiwan under the annual Taiwanese scholarship offers this year. The 11, who received their award letters yesterday, will leave the country next week to begin their five year studies at various universities there. Taiwanese ambassador Victor Yu told the students yesterday they were the cream of this country.…
THE board of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has approved a new guideline that will see the establishment of a complaints management process between commercial banks and their clients. CBSI announced the approval of Prudential Guideline No. 9: Complaints Management, yesterday. It said following a 45-day implementation period, the new guideline will come…
REPORTS have surfaced that the ban on beche-de-mer will be lifted today. A government source revealed to this paper that supervising Minister of Fisheries, Clay Forau will today sign the regulations to have the ban lifted, after it had been approved by Cabinet last month. The source said that this was after Prime Minister Gordon…
THE slow supply of timely data from tuna catch by fishing nations each year remains a headache for tuna organisations. And fisheries managers and tuna officials are concern that some Asian nations are not providing operational catch data essential to accurate stock assessments. This was highlighted early this week in Suva, Fiji during the second…
THE tuna industry remains one of the most lucrative markets in the world, given its demand in the world market. This was highlighted early this week at the two days media training on tuna reporting organised by Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) in association with Pew environment group. Because of the lucrative tuna market…
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SOLOMON Islands’ High Commissioner to Malaysia, Wednesday, paid a courtesy visit to the International Planned Parenthood Federation East & South East Asia and Oceania (IPPF ESEAOR) Regional Office. Victor Samuel Ngele was received by IPPF ESEAOR Regional Director, Nora Murat. The meeting was to enhance the existing cooperative effort, understanding and assistance received between the…
HEAD of Renbel police Saukiu Bari Rush says he was surprised at the unannounced arrival of four Honiara-based police officers in the province on Thursday. The four accompanied the ousted Renbel premier Lence Tango, and arrived on board a Solomon Airlines flight. Mr Rush said normal procedures require that he must be informed of any…
PARLIAMENT passed the Solomon Islands National University (Amendment) Bill 2014 on Wednesday. The Bill was to amend provisions of the Solomon Islands National University Act 2012 relating to the Council of the University. The primary object of this Bill is to facilitate more regular meetings of the council of the Solomon Islands National University. The…