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SINPF reserve level below $400m

THE Solomon Islands National Provident Fund is sustaining a reserve level that is below $400 million. SINPF Board Chairman, Mr Peter Boyers made the statement during the end of the 2016 financial year recently. He said the reserve level is below $400 million ($399,328,839) consisting of a general reserve of just over $329 million ($329,377,496) and a revaluation surplus of just under $70 million ($ 69,951,343). Mr Boyers said these represent 10 percent general reserves only and 13 percent total reserves of the total funds under their management. In the meantime, he said though in some jurisdictions where retirement funds

WESTERN province’s increase of commercial fishing licence fee is predicted to affect businesses. MPA for Ward 18 Hon George Solingi Lilo said even Soltuna Company is still struggling to meet

CLOSE to forty local cocoa farmers were instructed on the procedures to obtaining cocoa export licence. Chief Inspector of Commodities Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) took time to brief the cocoa

NINETY-SIX cocoa samples from local farmers are running for top position as the Solomon Islands Chocolate Week continues at the national auditorium. The five-day event of SI Chocolate Week was

SOLOMON Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) is believed to have begun a major crackdown on employers who have not been paying statutory contributions on behalf of their employees. And it

YESTERDAY SICCI (Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and SME (Small and Medium Business Enterprises) held an open day programme at the National Museum in collaboration with SISBEC (Solomon Islands Small Business Enterprise Centre). The programme’s objective is to promote

BETIKAMA Adventist College is the latest school in Honiara City to jump on-board the Pan Oceanic Bank’s (POB’s) Tree Planting Project. This is part of POB’s Corporate and Social Responsibility

THREE Solomon Islands companies are currently participating in the “Pacific Path to Market Trade Mission” which began from March 23-30 in Auckland, New Zealand. The programme is organised by the

MORE than a tonne of illegally imported Chinese rice have been confiscated from a container at Point Cruz international port by Agriculture Biosecurity and Quarantine officers yesterday. The 100 bags

AXIOM Mining Company and its partners have held a two-day consultation with government ministries and landowners. The consultation, which ended on Thursday last week, saw six government ministries receiving insight

THE new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) has pledged the revive the tainted images of the Honiara and Noro ports and put them back on

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SINPF reserve level below $400m

Increased commercial fishing licence feared to affect businesses

Cocoa farmers briefed how to obtain export licence

96 Solomons cocoa samples running for top 10

SINPF cracks down on non-paying employers

SICCI & SME hold open day

Betikama College joins POB’s tree planting project

Solomons companies participate in “Pacific path to market trade mission” in New Zealand

Illegal imported rice seized

Axiom meets with gov’t ministries and landowners

New SIPA CEO meets Prime Minister, vows to improve ports