GPPOL hit with profit loss as rhinoceros beetle invades
The Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil company (GPPOL) is likely to lose 30 per cent of its annual profit after being invaded by the rhinoceros beetle. GPPOL…
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SIBC tours Tenaru Falls: but is logging ruining the site for future generations?
It is one of the most amazing sites in the central Guadalcanal area, if not the whole Solomon Islands. Tenaru Falls – a 60m waterfall and…
SIBC asks: What do you think? (talem tingting)
As part of World Press Freedom Day, SIBC walked around the Point Cruz area for our Talem TingTing program in Honiara and asked: Do you think…
New National Referral Hospital re-location \”progressing well\”.
Authorities say plans to relocate the National Referral Hospital in Honiara are “progressing well”. Health Permanent Secretary Dr Tenneth Dalipanda made the comments at a joint…
Tina Hydro Project gains funding worth $670 million
The Tina Hydro Project has cleared a massive hurdle, with the Solomon Islands Government confirming it has banked cornerstone finance worth $US86 million ($670 million) from the…
The dying cocunut trees of Honiara and Savo Island
It has invaded Honiara and much of Guadalcanal – and now it has reached Savo Island. During a tour of the volcanic island last week, the…
Man dies on diving trip
A man is believed to have drowned while diving outside Veravaulu Village, North-West Guadalcanal. It is understood the death occurred on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased’s diving…
NDMO RECEIVED RECOVERY TOOLS FOR MAKIRA QUAKE
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock handed over farming tools and seeds to the National Disaster Management Office towards the recovery efforts on the Makira Earthquake…
HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSIONS HELD IN OTTAWA ON CITREC REMITTANCE
A high-level meeting to discuss remittances for foreign workers from Solomon Islands planning to work in Canada is taking place in Canada\’s capital Ottawa. The Remittances…
TAX EXEMPTION CONTRADICTS NATIONAL MOTTO: TEKE
Former Guadalcanal politician Kamilo Teke has said the tax exemption for Members of Parliament directly contradicts the country\’s National Motto – \”To Lead Is To Serve\”.…