GOVERNMENT finances appear to have hit rock bottom as it struggles to fill a staggering $1.8 billion deficit in this year’s budget. And government efforts to raise money for good causes are being hampered by what is described as “negative attitude” by members of the public. “Members of the public always assume that any donations…
MORE than 400 workers of Guadalcanal Plantation Palm Oil Limited 3 (GPPOL3) in North East Guadalcanal went on strike as of Monday. They are demanding the removal of Field Plantation Manager Mr. Syfig Rusepini who they claimed his leadership role did not satisfy the welfare of workers for number of reasons. They claimed Mr. Rusepini…
IS Solomon Islands a tax haven – a country where rich people invest and corporate entities invest their money to avoid paying tax in their own country. As well, tax haven countries have secrecy laws, that block information on their deposits from foreign tax authorities. According to a public notice put out by Bank South…
A TOTAL of 23 smallholder Cattle farmers in Malaita Province have benefited from a support of vaccine rollout from the Reach Consultancy in the past weeks. Director of Reach Consultancy, Fredrick Fa’abasua, confirmed this to Solomon Star Auki, saying since Reach Consultancy rolled out vaccination at Dala Cattle farm in West Kwara’ae in November last…
REACH Consultancy this week has provided live-saving assistance to the Adaliua Piggery Farm in Central Kwara’ae in Malaita Province. Since the switch of diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China in 2019, the Adaliua Farm asset was transferred from the Taiwan Technical Mission to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL). However, the farm received minimal…
SOLOMON Airlines newly appointed managers of International Ground Operations and Quality Assurance – 145, received their Fit and Proper Person (FPP) Certificates granted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Solomon Islands (CAASI). The CEO of Solomon Airlines, Gus Kraus, together with other senior executives from the airline, were present to witness the handing over of…
REINVESTMENT in the out-growers’ reforestation activities in the country is a way forward to pump in much needed revenue into the national economy and must be encouraged. Member of Parliament (MP) for Gizo/Kolombangara Lanelle Tanangada highlighted this last month during Sine Die motion. “The out grower project directly injects revenue into the local economy. “I…
TEAMA – TIME FOR SI TO SHARE IN THE BENEFITS FROM SOUTH PACIFIC CRUISING THE Solomon Islands 2023 cruise season is off to a cracking start with seven ships already confirmed over the next four months. First off the rank is the 165-cabin – MS Paul Gauguin – which had arrived in Solomon Islands waters…
THE newly elected Western Provincial Government (WPG) Executive under the leadership of Billy Veo is being urged to step up their monitoring and surveillance activities of logging companies operating in the province. This came after claims that there are companies currently in operating in the province without following proper process to acquire their operating licenses.…
Western Provincial Tourism Division has received the sum of $1 million dollars support from the Solomon Island Government (SIG) to boost up its tourism activities in Western Province. The $1M will be projected under a Cruise Ship Jetty Project that will be carried out later sometime this year in Gizo at the provincial capital western…