The Honiara Central Market will close for an indefinite period as of today. A media statement from the HCC media unit says the reason behind the closure is to give time for major improvements to be carried out.
The Magistrates Court has sentenced a 28-year-old man from Malaita Province to 12 months in jail for stealing money from vendors at the central market. Robert Saeni, a father with two kids pleaded guilty to two counts of simple larceny this morning. The Court heard in June last year, Mr.
The Honiara City Council has announced all betel nut vendors should sell their produce at the Kukum Market. City Clerk Charles Kelly told SIBC News yesterday the Honiara City Council has made a call to betel-nut vendors to use the Kukum Market because the Council secured the site purposely for the…
The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government has donated $60,000 towards the recent Youth Market event in Honiara. Youth@Work office today says the Ministry of Commerce has pledged the funding as a move to ensure more youth are involved in business ventures that contribute to the national…
Market vendors from Northeast Guadalcanal highlands have accused the Honiara City Council of unfair treatment saying Council officers are charging them for their product and not by table blocks.
The Australian High Commissioner has encouraged women business owners and women thinking of starting a business to join the Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA).
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has confirmed he gave instructions to issue a beche-de-mer export license to Dr Reginald Apia of the Ontong Java Development Company Limited.
The Central Market in Honiara must be upgraded to model a health marketplace, says the Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr Lester Ross. Dr Ross made the statement during the launch of the Healthy Central Market project this week.
The Honiara City Council has officially launched a new law and a ‘Healthy Central Market’ Project to declare the main market as free from tobacco, betel nut and alcohol. The new law prohibits the sale and consumption of tobacco products, betel nut and alcohol at the market.
A market vendor in North Guadalcanal Miss Georgina Misu is concerned over the increasing cost of reef fish at Honiara Central Market. North Guadalcanal stringer Daddley Gani reports Miss Misu as saying this happens as certain individuals in Honiara buy the fish in bulk and resale them at higher…
