The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) participated in the 8th Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum which was successfully held in Brisbane last Friday. SICCI was represented at the Forum by the Chairman Mr Jay Bartlett, CEO Dennis Meone, including participating SICCI members. The event hosted by the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council…
PAN OCEANIC BANK (POB) Limited has received widespread salutation for introducing one of its new banking initiatives in Honiara, last week. The bank last Tuesday announced the launch of Five (5) POB iZi Cash Outlets within and outside of Honiara, much to the delight of its customers in the country. Solomon Star was being informed…
THE first winner of the South Pacific Specialist programme 2016 has been announced by the South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO) in Suva, Fiji. Ms. Felicity Alquist of GO Holiday New Zealand is the winner of the newly introduced South Pacific Specialists programme by the South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO) as part of its marketing strategies.…
Four of the Youth@Work Young Entrepreneurs have received materials to help them get their businesses off the ground last week after having gone through a series of basic business trainings. “These young men are very positive and enthusiastic about their business ideas and plans,” says Daniel, the Y@W officer responsible for Youth Entrepreneurs. All of…
The Bmobile-Vodafone technical team have started on their LTE upgrades for Honiara. The project started last week with teams coming in from PNG to support and help implement the project. This project is the companies most ambitious since launching in 2010. The company is working very hard to meet the global expectations of Vodafone. The…
OVER one thousand people from the southern region of Malaita joined in the celebrations to mark the 13th anniversary of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) held on 24 July at the Yam Cultural Festival at Pululaha Village, on Small Malaita, Malaita Province. “We wanted to celebrate RAMSI’s ‘birthday’ with the people of…
A.E Enterprises withdraws sponsorship deal with Koloale FC A renowned major sponsor for the former Telekom S-league champions, Koloale Football Club has announced that it has fully withdrawn its sponsorship. In a letter, from Koloale FC president, Timothy Aruafu to the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) president, the withdrawal of the sponsorship came into effect…
The 2016 Honiara netball association (HNA) league proper will commence this Saturday July 30 starting at 9am at the Lawson Tama netball courts. This year, the HNA league has attracted 45 teams. These 45 teams will be competing in five divisions with the establishment of a new Division (C Division). The HNA executive is very…
The HNA School League will resume today Tuesday July 26. This was confirmed by the HNA executive. The resumption will be marked with four of the U14 category matches. First up today will be Chung Wah A taking on Tamlan at 2:30pm followed by Chung Wah B and Bishop Apalle at 3pm, HIPS and Coronation…
The Credit Corporation High Schools Rugby 15s competition that took a break back in mid-June this year when the schools went for holidays will resume this week with matches scheduled for today – Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Thirty-two matches in both senior and junior divisions had already been played in the competition during the…