By EDDIE OSIFELO ABOUT 142 tonnes of fish stocks worth around $2.4 billion (USD$306 million) were caught in Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This was based on the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) member states comparative development indicators from 2016-2018.…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands High Commissioner in Canberra, Australia, Robert Sisilo will witness the handover ceremony of the second Guardian-class Patrol boat in Perth today. In 2019, the country has received her first Guardian class patrol boat called Gizo.…
Government’s expensive rental deal during covid-19 questioned By EDDIE OSIFELO An excessive tenancy agreement signed recently between the owner of the Melanesian Haus and the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) is being questioned. The office rental deal is said to…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Airlines has engaged its sacked former Chief Executive Officer, Ron Sumsum to train two local pilots Steve Aumanu Junior and Alex Takola to handle the new Twin Otter. A senior officer in the Airlines confirmed this…
New City Council executive yet to be gazetted by PMO By EDDIE OSIFELO Newly appointed members of the Honiara City Council executive are yet to be blessed by the Prime Minister. Regardless, the new executive are already carrying out their…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SINGAPORE’s METROPOLIC Pacific PTE Ltd move to build 5000 houses at Mamara in North West Guadalcanal has raised more questions than answers for some landowners. Former Special Secretary to Prime Minister, Andrew Muaki alleged the Tandai landowners…
Premier Sade wants mechanisms to govern Mamara city By EDDIE OSIFELO GUADALCANAL Premier, Francis Mbelande Sade wants to see mechanisms in place and enforced over the new Mamara City on North West Guadalcanal. He said this is to guide the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Mamara New City project on North West Guadalcanal is expected to alleviate the problem of congestion in Honiara. Guadalcanal Premier, Francis Mbelande Sade highlighted this during the official launching of the multi-million-dollar project on friday. “But…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Solomon Islands’ economy had slowed down prior to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Central Bank of Solomon Islands reports. Economic Association of Solomon Islands (EASI) President, Reuben Tovutovu said this in response to Asian Development…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Solomon Islands economy is expected to recover to one percent in 2021 and 4.5 percent in 2022 as fishing and construction rebound. However, logging output is expected to continue falling. Asian Development Bank’s Solomon Islands Country…