Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) officially launched one of its projects for this year called PIRAS which stands for Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus Facility on Friday the 18th of March. At the launching, KGA had the opportunity to host Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Dr Lachlan Strahan and Permanent Secretary of Ministry of…
SOLOMON Finance Ltd (SFL) is set to open for business, Monday. This followed its official opening last Friday. The bank is located on the ground floor of Anthony Saru building in central Honiara. It is a credit institution operated under the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (NPF) with the aim to issue out loans to…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare is encouraging Guadalcanal Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) to expand its current operations on Guadalcanal Province to provide more employment opportunities. Mr Sogavare made this statement when welcoming senior executive members of GPPOL who made a courtesy call to the Prime Minister, Thursday. The GPPOL executive was led by General Manager Noor…
ONE of the country’s State Owned Enterprises (SOE)-the Solomon Water (SW) is scouting for a possible fund to implement its plan to build new water supply infrastructure and rehabilitating some. Chief Operation Officer (COO) for Solomon Water Scraven Tongi said they have done the detailed engineer design for the water infrastructure and rehabilitation for the…
As the Solomon Islands prepares to rejoin the world after more than two years of isolation, results of a recently-conducted Ministry of Culture & Tourism/Tourism Solomons survey show the country’s tourism sector is ready to welcome visitors as soon as the decision to reopen the border has been finalised. According to the resultant ‘COVID Preparedness…
For Comptroller of Customs under a three years contract COMPTROLLER of Customs, Jim Sutton whose three-year contract was terminated by the Australian Government last December, has been rehired by the cash-strapped Solomon Islands government for a salary package of nearly $5 million a year, documents obtained by Solomon Star have revealed. The three-year contract which…
THE World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$15 million project to increase agricultural production and improve market access for rural communities in Solomon Islands, initially focusing on Guadalcanal, Makira and Malaita provinces. The Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project will support 85,000 Solomon Islanders with training, farming and livestock support services,…
Senior Solomon Islands Government Officials and relevant stakeholders have been introduced to the ‘Smart City Initiative’ by the Nova Reality and Terminus Group at a virtual meeting this week. Mr. Victor Polovyan of Nova, along with his counterparts at Terminus Group has taken the opportunity provided by the Solomon Islands Expo 2020 Pavilion to engage…
Shipping sector to take its fight for support to govt REPRESENTATIVES of the domestic shipping industry will this week make a formal submission seeking government assistance, warning the industry has hit rock bottom and unless there is support, many may not survive. A spokesman and General Manager of East Kwaio’s Gulatatae Shipping, Vincent Nomae told…
SOLOMON Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) Board has signed a construction agreement with Hatanga Limited to build eight (8) town houses, a clinic and related facilities on its land above the Hibiscus Apartments in Point Cruz, Honiara. The deal was signed on Friday 4th March 2022, a statement issued by SINPF said on Monday. The…