SOLOMON Islanders will soon travel to the European Union member countries without visa. The European Union will sign a visa waiver agreement with the Solomon Islands and four other Pacific Island countries. Leonidas Tezapsidis, EU Ambassador to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu revealed to media on Wednesday at the end of the 6th EU and Solomon…
AS members of the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (NPF) await what percentage they’ll get on their savings next month, Fiji National Provident Fund has declared a massive 6.25 per cent interest rate payout. This was announced by Fiji’s Minister for Finance, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, during the 2016-2017 National Budget announcement this week. “The 6.25 per…
SOLOMON Water and Japan International Co‐operation Agency (JICA) recently celebrated the completion of Non‐Revenue Water (NRW) project that has been running for three years and 8 months. The project, which included a dispatch of technical experts from Japan, in‐Japan trainings of Solomon Water staff members and procurement of water meters and other equipment, was aimed…
INTERPLAST Australia & New Zealand (Interplast) will visit Honiara from the 28 June – 7 July 2016. The team will be at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara from 29 June -6 July 2015 to facilitate plastic and reconstructive surgical services and training. The team will be led by Dr Zachary Moaveni and will…
SOLOMON Islands’ diplomat in Geneva, Barrett Salato this week told the UN Human Rights Council’s 32nd session about an eroding human rights situation in Indonesia’s Papua region. Mr Salato told the session that whilst his country welcomes increased attention on West Papua from Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo, violations of Papuans’ rights remain unresolved. He said…
AUSTRALIA is supporting Solomon Islands to undertake a Time Release Study at Honiara Port. This study will commence in July and measure the time it takes for sea cargo to be released after it arrives in Honiara. This data will help to identify bottlenecks and reduce clearance times. This will be the first such study…
CRUISE ship passengers injured in an horrific head-on crash in Vanuatu are in a strong position to sue P&O, an Australian law firm has claimed. Pacific Dawn was in Port Vila when the accident happened. The boat visited Honiara early this year. Shine Lawyers’ senior solicitor Thomas Janson said legal “waivers” signed by the passengers…
CRUISE ship passengers injured in an horrific head-on crash in Vanuatu are in a strong position to sue P&O, an Australian law firm has claimed. Pacific Dawn was in Port Vila when the accident happened. The boat visited Honiara early this year. Shine Lawyers’ senior solicitor Thomas Janson said legal “waivers” signed by the passengers…
Young man killed by poisonous gas A YOUNG man lost his life early this week when he reportedly inhaled poisonous gas while attending to a logging barge owned by loggers Samlimsan Company. The man, in his 20s, from Isabel, died after he reportedly inhaled poisonous gasoline from the barge, which was loaded and ready to…
LANDOWNING groups from the Guadalcanal plains have questioned Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) for not paying their outstanding dividend for 2015. This came after the landowners still waited for their payments since the end of the financial year in April 2016. In a letter written to company on 24th May 2016 and a follow…