The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) has reinstated the 13 employees terminated by Chief Executive officer Collin Yow, as ordered by the High Court. SIPA’s legal advisor Charles Ashley confirms in a press conference, the workers resume duties today.
The Trade Dispute Panel has conducted two pre-hearings into the dispute between the 13 terminated employees of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority and the company.
The Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) is calling for an independent investigation on issues relating to the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) Chief Executive Officer Collin Yow.
The Parliamentary Opposition Office has condemned the failure of Solomon Islands Ports Authority to consult local ship owners before imposing increases to charges on the usage of domestic ports services.
The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) has clarified it will hold further consultations with relevant stakeholders regarding its ship registration fee charges. This follows concerns raised in the media by a local ship owner, over the registration fees charged by the Ports Authority.
The Parliamentary Opposition Group has denied any official support to the reforms by the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) boss Collin Yow. The Opposition Group made this clarification, amidst reports on social media and an article in the Solomon Star that might have implied the Opposition’s…
The Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) has a new President. He is David Tuhanuku. Mr. Tuhanuku replaced the former President Gladis Pae. WUSI General Secretary Tony Kangovai told SIBC News, Mr. Tuhanuku was elected during the Unions extra general meeting last week.
The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) Chief Executive Officer Collin Yow has convinced the local pressure groups, businesses, and other organisations during a presentation on SIPA Reform programs last night at the Heritage Park Hotel.
The National Government may move to set up a Committee tasked to gauge wider consultation on the effects of Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) reforms before presenting its report to Cabinet.
A former MP and member of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority board Mr. Y. Sato has advised SIPA to implement its reforms not in bulk but bit-by-bit. The businessman says while he supports the SIPA initiative, reform programs must not be rapid because the customers are the ones paying the ultimate…
The former Chief Executive Officer of Solomon Airlines Mr. Joseph Anea questions the Civil Aviation’s silence over SIPA’s strategic reforms which include seaplane transport services. Mr. Anea say’s under the old Aviation legislation, seaplane transport services are sketchy.
The Malaita Ma’asina Forum strongly condemns the National Provident Fund (NPF) board chairman, Peter Boyers for his media comments on the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) reforms.
Solomon Islands security, through the Honiara International seaport, is now at its lowest. This is from an assessment by a former Solomon Islands Ports Authority Chief Security Officer, Patterson Ashley Hangaio.
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), denounces the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) reforms. SICCI which represents around 30,000 employees including 30 percent of the workforce in the country and the majority of the private sector workforce in formal employment says…
The National Provident Fund vows to disassociate itself from engaging in any financial or development proposals with the Solomon Islands Ports Authority – saying SIPA’s reforms are ruthless.
Businesses and especially customers will be the ultimate losers of the tariff increase imposed by the Solomon Islands Ports Authority, says the General-Secretary of the Workers Union of Solomon Islands, Mr. Tony Kagovai. Mr.
The General Secretary of the Workers Union of Solomon Islands, WUSI has criticized the current Solomon Islands Ports Authority, SIPA reforms describing it as out of context according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reform program.
The Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) is currently engaged in a dispute with the Solomon Islands Ports Authority over WUSI’s demand for the immediate removal of its Chief Executive Officer, Collin Yow.
Chicken Layer farmers in the country are concerned chicken feed are short in supply and soon egg supplies will run out. Unhappy Poultry farmers blame the Solomon Islands Ports Authority for failing to release chicken feed currently held up on the cargo boat ‘SOPRANO’ floating outside Point Cruz…
Former employees of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) have warned the Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF) not to interfere with the court case between SIPA and its terminated workers. Mr.
