PRIME Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the Government is making progress to address issues of political instability to higher cost of running businesses especially electricity prices. Speaking during the Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum and Trade Expo in Brisbane, Australia last Friday, Mr Lilo said those challenges are being worked on. He said in the…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the Australian-operated Gold Ridge mine remains viable despite recent security concerns and mass layoffs. Unrest around the mine site in central Guadalcanal has escalated in recent days, leading to the evacuation of all of Gold Ridge’s expatriate staff. Mr Darcy Lilo has told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program that…
For the past six years, Solomon Islands Tobacco Company (SITCO) has been a dedicated supporter of the “SEB Youth Training program”. In 2006 SEB realized there was a great need in the community for training in the field of Urban Beautification through Environmentally enhanced programs. In discussion with TAFE Queensland, the training materials for the…
The Honiara Youth Forum on Youth and Mental Health led by HYC at multipurpose hall on Wednesday last week to discussed mental health issues have ended successfully in coming up with a youth voice statement for mental Health Matters in Honiara. About thirty young people attended the Youth Forum and as a result, young people…
The United Democratic Party for Social Reform and Economic Advancement (UDP) yesterday paid a courtesy call on the newly elected Paramount Chief of Burns Creek, Chief Peter Usi to congratulate and show support for his leadership. In a statement from the party, spokesperson Baranabas Henson said UDP recognizes the importance of working together with chiefs…
Tourism Training business Solomon Host completed a supervisory level training in Service Management for SP Oil supervisors last Friday. Twenty staff members in the middle management level of the company took up Service management with facilitator Joyce Konofilia for two days. The course mainly considered how service delivery can be managed in the organisation and…
AN Australian underwater professional living in the Western Province urges the United States to help open airspace between Munda airport and Tokyo, Japan. John Fairfax said Japan needs fresh Sashimi and Solomon Islands needs to market its fish. “An example of business and employment opportunities to offset impact of seafood devastation would be for the…
The impacts of climate change and disasters on human mobility in the Pacific have presented a lot of challenges to islanders. This was highlighted last week at a climate change workshop held at Novotel Hote in Lami Bay, Suva, Fiji The workshop was held from18-20 August and Solomon Islands was represented at the workshop by…
THE Prime Minister’s announcement on Friday that negotiations for the possible transfer of ownership of the gold ridge mine on Central Guadalcanal is underway is indeed welcoming news according Chairman of the Gold Ridge Community and Landowners Council. Dick Douglas said they are happy to hear of the move because they still support the project…
IT started on Friday and ended yesterday with a thanksgiving Eucharist. Don Bosco Tetere was celebrating its 10th anniversary which started with a youth camp on Friday. About 500 youth from neighbouring institutions gathered in the Rural Training Centre premises for the two-day youth camp. Fr. Joseph Than, Rector and Principal of the institution spoke…