The Government Services Integration Committee (GSIC) held a successful and productive meeting with Honiara City Tourism Association Executive Members, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and Honiara City Council on Monday 7 November 2022, at the Heritage Park Hotel, to discuss collaboration and working together in preparing Honiara City for the upcoming Pacific Games 2023.…
A jubilant Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Wednesday has highlighted the expected transformative benefits that the Tina Hydro Power project in Central Guadalcanal will bring when the project becomes operational. Sogavare was the chief guest at a ground-breaking ceremony at the project site that marks the start of major construction work on the Project. He…
MYSTERY surrounds the de-registration of Vella Development Company [VDC] – a people’s business entity on Vella Lavella. Board members told Solomon Star yesterday they were only made aware of the de-registration today (Monday). Angry board members are pointing the finger of blame on none other than the Minister of Commerce, Industries, Immigration and Labour, Kologeto,…
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade has acknowledged that among the most significant benefits of the PACER+ agreement to the Solomon Islands is the Labour Mobility Arrangement. Trade Commissioner of MFAET, Barrett Salato made this acknowledgement during a two-days PACER+ Trade in Goods and Trade in Services national dialogue on the 25th and…
TWO officials from Immigration Department within the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration are in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG) for a series of meeting with their counterparts. This was confirmed by the country’s High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea (PNG) His Excellency (HE) William Soaki in a statement following a jointing meeting…
THE country is set to have a new State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) by next year. This was announced by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communication and Aviation, Moses Virivolomo on Wednesday when speaking at the opening of the two-day Solomon Airlines ‘Aviation Week Fair’ to mark the national flag carrier’s 60th Jubilee. The new…
‘MV Pelican 96’ will launch its trip again this week after being salvaged from Logha reef in Western Province. The boat is now fully repaired and confident to launch its second trip in Western Province. The newly acquired fast craft will operate its maiden trip for the second time to only five destinations in Western…
The country is delighted to welcome back international cruising since the government’s decision to drop PCR testing on arrival into the country. Last week the French-flagged M/V Le Soleal which carries 144 passengers and 146 crew visited Gizo, Fanalei Island in Malaita and Roderick Bay in the Sandfly Passage where the ship’s contingent was welcomed…
SOLOMON Water is blaming sabotage for a sudden drop in water level at Kongulai – the water source which supplies up to 40 per cent of the city’s residences. Residents in West and Central Honiara and parts of East Honiara will be most affected. “The sudden drop in water levels at Kongulai may be due…
SOLOMON Islands Electoral Office (SIEO) has welcomed two IT Experts from the Electoral Services International Inc (ESI) who will join its team to commence on-site upgrades to the Biometric Voter Registration System (BVRS). Work on the upgrade of the BVRS had earlier commenced with the off-site component which has been successfully completed. The arrival of…