Mayor of Honiara City Eddie Siapu thanked business houses, NGOs, community and youth groups for responding to the call for a major voluntary clean in the City. As the Head of Honiara City Council Governance, he said he is profoundly…
“Private Sector & businesses are becoming victims” The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) on behalf of the private sector and the business community is calling on the country’s leaders both in Government and the Parliamentary Opposition to…
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM), the Most Revd Leonard Dawea, is calling on all members of the ACOM in Honiara and throughout the country to refrain from participating in illegal activities, including the wanton destruction of…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have allowed small canteens to operate outside of the main Honiara central business district (CBD) providing services until 6pm this evening. Police Commissioner, Mostyn Mangau said though the lockdown was announced yesterday…
Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), as the peak body representing the private sector, is observing the current security situation in Honiara with great concern. As the representative of the business community, SICCI in a statement released today…
The Leader of Opposition, Matthew Wale, has called on the Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare to immediately resign. “I call on the Prime Minister to do the right thing and resign’. He added that, ‘given the current situation the honourable thing…
POLICE Deputy Commissioner (DC) Operation Juanita Matanga has appealed to schools and business houses in Honiara to stay home until the lifting of the 36 hours lockdown tomorrow morning. Speaking at a special RSIPF Media Conference yesterday, DC Matanga says,…
THE 2021 edition of Solomon Islands’ leading business event, the Business Excellence Awards (BEA) was yet another success. Organised by the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), the 2021 BEA was again hosted at the Coral Sea Resort…
Gov’t starts mass purchase of Mamara project houses GOVERNMENT last night confirmed it has paid out $13 million to the developer and the contractor of the Mamara housing project, situated west of Honiara. The payment, a government statement said, was…
OPPOSITION leader Matthew Wale says he’s disgusted at the “sacking of the top investigator in the Inland Revenue Division, directly by Prime Minister Sogavare”. In a statement, Wale said of the $130 million of extra tax that was recovered as…