On Sunday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held a High-Level Conference on “Monetary Policy in the New Normal” with senior central bankers, academics, and private sector representatives. The conference sought to make out the contours of monetary policy once the economy and the financial system have settled into their post-crisis normal. IMF Managing Director Christine…
Member of Parliament (MP) for Gao/Bugotu constituency Samuel Manetoali says Isabel province would not allow mining operation on the island. He highlighted this during a visit by a delegation from the Solomon Islands visitors bureau (SIVB) to parts of the province last week. Mr Manetoali was part of the delegation which conducted their visit from…
The government of Papua New Guinea has approved Horizon Oil’s Stanley gas condensate development project. Petroleum and Energy Minister Nixon Duban intends to grant a petroleum development licence and pipeline licence for the project and will sign a gas agreement with Horizon Oil covering the project’s fiscal terms and commitments to local content. Granting of…
Four specially selected young women from Papua New Guinea are training to become commercial pilots in New Zealand for airlines back home. The women started a 68-week course this week to secure a New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority Commercial Pilot Licence and Multi-engine Instrument Rating at Nelson Aviation College, Nelson. The women are able to…
Fiji Airways, Fiji’s National Airline, on Monday announced that the airline’s staff and management will earn over F$1.25m (US$656,000) in profit-share and bonuses, as a result of the company’s financial performance in 2013 (nine-month period ended December 31st). This is the first profit share payout for the National Airline since the plan was approved in…
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…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo and Opposition Leader Dr Derek Sikua on Sunday visited the Guadalcanal Plains and the Gold Ridge Mine in a mission to witness the scale and impact of the recent rain and floods on Guadalcanal. The Guadalcanal Plains and the interior Gold Ridge area are important regions that host two of…
PEOPLE of Reef islands, Temotu province are still waiting when the newly constructed Lomlom airstrip in Reef will be officially opened. Lomlom airport was completed last year but the opening of the new domestic airport was delayed. Principal of Balipaa community high school in Reef island, said Reef islanders are still waiting for the airport…
Solomon Island visitors bureau (SIVB) chief executive officer (CEO) Josefa Tuamoto has urged indigenous people of Isabel province to keep their villages clean and in order at all times SIVB officials, representative from the ministry of culture and tourism Jonathan Bako, aviation official Alwyn Mavo and minister of tourism Samuel Manetoali visited Isabel province last…
There has been progressive awareness and advocacy to date by People with Disability Solomon Islands (PWDSI) and Community Based Rehabilitation Unit (CBR) of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services along with stakeholders on the rights of persons with disabilities. Their inclusion in the society is fundamental as all citizens are to be treated equally…