Members get increased interest credit rating By EDDIE OSIFELO MEMBERS of Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) were gifted with a crediting rate of 6 percent for the financial year ending 30 June 2021. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) has achieved a very strong above budget income for the year with an expected unaudited gross income of just over $400 million. This is based on the Fund’s financial performance and…
Opposition leader spells out shortfalls in telco bill By EDDIE OSIFELO OPPOSITION Leader Matthew Wale has raised fears on hackers intruding the system of Our Telekom and Bmobile to remove private data of individuals after registration of sim cards. Speaking…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government’s sponsored Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2021 faced stiff resistance from the Opposition in Parliament yesterday. Opposition Leader, Matthew Wale called on the Government to withdraw the Bill and work on it before bringing it back to…
By EDDIE OSIFELO OPPOSITION Leader, Matthew Wale has urged the government to consider the Bills and Legislative Committee’s recommendation and withdraw the Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2021 and undertake further work on it. Wale stressed this during his debate on the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ABOUT 77 people representing janitors, gardeners and security of multi-million-dollar AJ City Building at Lunga, East Honiara, are engaging in a one-week workshop, starting Monday. The training is to equip them ahead of the grand opening of…
By EDDIE OSIFELO STEVENs and Sons company is opening a shell money shop called ‘Shaenkola’ at Chinatown, Central Honiara as part of preserving the culture and value of the shells. This follows shell money being an open market, in which…
Minister outlines communications law in parliament By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government has amended the Telecommunication (Amendment) Bill 2021 following recommendation from the Bills and Legislative Committee. Minister of Communication and Aviation, Peter Shanel Agovaka stated this when speaking on the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO Some suspended police officers have complained after the Commissioner of Police Mostyn Mangau made recommendation for their salary to be ceased. One of the police officers, who wished not to be named, said this is not right…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2021 is set down for debate in Parliament this week. This after Minister of Communication and Aviation, Peter Shanel Agovaka presented the second reading of the Bill in Parliament yesterday. The Bill is…