Category: Investment

SOLOMON ISLANDS SOON TO ENJOY CHEAPER INTERNET
Communication

SOLOMON ISLANDS SOON TO ENJOY CHEAPER INTERNET

admin- July 20, 2014

The NPF logo. Photo credit: SIBC. Solomon Islands will soon enjoy cheaper Internet connection by 2016. Chair of the National Provident Fund Board, Baoro Laxton ... Read More

GPPOL CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN $600-M ECONOMICALLY
Economy

GPPOL CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN $600-M ECONOMICALLY

admin- July 16, 2014

The nursery site at the GPPOL area in North Guadalcanal. Photo credit: SIBC. The Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Company has contributed more than $600 million ... Read More

GOV’T RESTRICTS NEW LOGGING LICENSES: PM LILO
Government

GOV’T RESTRICTS NEW LOGGING LICENSES: PM LILO

admin- July 7, 2014

Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo. Photo credit: Courtesy of Coral Triangle Initiative. The Prime Minister has told a regional summit that his government will restrict ... Read More

EXISTING MINERAL MECHANISMS MUST BE ADJUSTED: GARU
Government

EXISTING MINERAL MECHANISMS MUST BE ADJUSTED: GARU

admin- July 1, 2014

Member of Parliament for West Guadalcanal Moses Garu. Photo: National Parliament. Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification, Moses Garu, says existing laws and mechanisms ... Read More

INVESTOR CALLED ON TO HAVE PROPER PLANS BEFORE MINING
Corruption

INVESTOR CALLED ON TO HAVE PROPER PLANS BEFORE MINING

admin- June 17, 2014

TSI officers at their office in China Town, Honiara. Photo: Courtesy of TSI. Transparency Solomon Islands has called on the Asia Pacific Investment and Development ... Read More

GRML AND GOVERNMENT AGREE TO LIFT BAN
Government

GRML AND GOVERNMENT AGREE TO LIFT BAN

admin- June 11, 2014

The Gold Ridge Mining premises. Photo credit: PMC. Gold Ridge Mining Limited, GRML, and the Solomon Islands Government have agreed for GRML personnel to return ... Read More

S.M.M DONATES $700,000 TO SIG DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS
Disaster

S.M.M DONATES $700,000 TO SIG DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS

admin- April 24, 2014

Sumitomo has donated money to help with government's relief efforts. Photo credit: House of Japan. The Japanese mining company, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co, Ltd, SMM, ... Read More