THE Pan-Oceanic Bank Chairman, Upali de Silva, says his company is optimistic about achieving progress based on the overall economic growth projected by the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government when it launched its policy statement last week. Mr de Silva made the remarks when he and the POB Chief Executive Officer, Nihal Kekulawala made…
THE University of the South Pacific, Solomon Islands Campus (USPSI) in Honiara has witnessed a huge turn out on day one of its information session on Tuesday. More school leavers attended the seasons which allowed them to learn about the opportunities available at USP. With its first session, it shows a great turn out of…
RENOVATION work on the University of the South Pacific, Solomon Islands (USPSI) campus new classrooms in Honiara is underway. This was after the campus (USPSI) secure a new building at Chinatown. The renovation work commenced fortnight ago and is expected to finish by the end of this month, USP Solomon Islands campus administrative coordinator Layson…
Solomon Islands government has acknowledged the Japanese government for its ongoing support towards addressing the solid waste problem in the country. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment echoed the government’s appreciation while speaking at the 4th Joint Coordinating Committee Meeting yesterday on the J-PRISM project. Dr Melchior Mataki said, Japanese International Corporation Agency(JICA) has…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers at Tetere and Henderson Stations, on Tuesday morning raided two farms of marijuana plants at Mbarande river side in North East Guadalcanal. One of the officers described the raid as a surprise to locals living around the area, when police show up in numbers, surrounded the site and…
Majuro: The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) are gearing for their annual meeting in early March, with an ambitious agenda in motion for 2015. With PNA’s Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) controlling the purse seine fishery and generating the largest-ever share of fisheries revenue to the eight member nations, PNA is focusing efforts in 2015…
Solomon Islands’ first cohort of early childhood education program participants recently completed their training from the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) in Solomon Islands. The 16 kindergarten teachers commenced studying towards an Australian Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care in July 2014. This qualification, which is a minimum qualification for early childhood educators in…
The deteriorating road condition leading up to Gizo Hilltop is raising so much concern amongst the public and tourism operators. And they are calling on both the Western Provincial Government and the National government to deal with the matter with urgency. Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) board member and an operator Erick Ghemu told the…
ANZ on Tuesday announced an expansion of MoneyMinded, the bank’s flagship adult financial education program, to include a dedicated mobile banking module, reflecting the growth of mobile phone banking in the Solomon Islands. This follows an agreement signed between ANZ and the Australian Government last August to support the increased roll out of mobile banking…
The Bank South Pacific (BSP) is opening up another agent in Kirakira, Makira Ulawa Province following complains over the poor service provided by the current agent. This comes as BSP has announced a deal to takeover Westpac’s operation in five countries in the region including Solomon Islands. BSP Country Manager David Anderson said, plans to…