Fiji’s first iron sand ore resources from the Ba Delta is expected to be exported out of the country soon. The Mineral Resources Department has also confirmed that work on Amex Resources Limited’s multi million dollar port in Lautoka will also start next month. Three years ago the company was awarded a special mining lease…
TOWER Insurance Ltd had donated a 4,300 litre tank to King George VI high school in Honiara last week. The presentation of the tank was made to the principal of the school, Mr Samuel Fangata. The school is currently home to the displaced flood victims who have taken refuge at the school in this tragic…
MEMBERS of the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce (SICCI) have joined force to deliver clean filtered water to affected communities and evacuation centres in Honiara. Solomon Breweries Limited (Solbrew) General Manager Andy Hewson confirmed that a group of SICCI’s members have been assisting to deliver water. “Solbrew, Tongs, Solomon Tobacco and Silent World have conmmitted…
LAWYERS representing the man who hurled an ignited dynamite explosive at another man at Fox Wood, East Guadalcanal mitigated for him on Thursday. This was after Mariano Besa entered his guilty plea to the charge of unlawful wounding before Justice Francis Mwanesalua. He was initially charged with attempted murder but that has been reduced. This…
LANDOWERS will receive increase royalty from mining companies operating on their land under amendments being made to the Mines and Minerals Act. The Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Bill 2014 is now before parliament. Minister for Mines and Minerals, Moses Garu, said the mining industry is an important integral part of development for inclusive economic growth…
FISH are changing, they are losing their survival instinct and even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators, as the world’s oceans become more acidic because of climate change, new research said on Monday. The study of fish in coral reefs off the coast of Papua New Guinea, where the waters are naturally acidic…
TOWER Insurance following its first water tank donation to King George School recently had donated another water tank donation to Koloale community school in Honiara. The tank donation was to also assist the school cater to the clean water needs of the displaced flood victims being cared for at the school. The donation was timely…
MORE than 30 White River Demons AFL players and Australians gathered in White River on Wednesday morning in a community blitz organised by the SIAFL to clean up the White River Health Clinic. The clinic has been closed since the flash floods when more than half of the clinic’s medical supplies and pharmaceuticals were destroyed,…
TEN New Zealand and two Australian health personnel will be operational in Honiara from today. The five doctors, four nurses, two logisticians, mission leader with support from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade arrived on Wednesday in Honiara and will start work today. The New Zealand led team will be in Honiara,…
EAST Choiseul MP Manasseh Sogavare has supported government proposal to establish an embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. “This is a strategic move that should be welcomed,” Mr Sogavare said while speaking in parliament, Tuesday. He said in addition to furthering Solomon Islands economic interest, the move should facilitate active engagement with Jakarta on the issue of…