More than Thirty Solomon Islands prosecutors and police officers today attend the anti-money laundering and proceeds of crime workshop at the Lelei building.

This workshop is part of the Anti-Money Laundering Commission’s plan to implement comprehensive anti-money laundering systems in the Solomon Islands.

Travis Ronnie with the reports.

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The government is pushing better services in the tourism industry by providing training.

King Solomon Hotel, one of the leading Hotels in the Solomon Islands has just completed some of its renovations.

Their new look is focussed on their newly renovated bamboo Bar.The bar is open to its guests & members and signed in guests

The three weeklong strike workers of the Heritage Park Hotel continues as negotiations between

Thousands of rural villagers in West Fataleka constituency will soon benefit from a Fishing project, which was launched over the weekend.

Air Niugini announced that it would add extra flights into Honiara and Brisbane from Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong to boost tourism in the region.

Vehicle owners will get the benefit of the drastic fall of fuel prices in Honiara service stations today.

The Inland Revenue tax seminar for small business turned out to be very successful last week.

It was another day of black outs and power cuts in the capital as business owners and homes suffered...

Households, business houses and residence in Honiara and around the provinces have begun to feel the pressure of power black-outs despite assureances from the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority, SIEA, that the problems would be resolved.

Solomon Airlines will reopen its flights to SEGHE airfield in the Marovo Lagoon as early as the fourth of November if reconstruction work on the airfield is completed on time.

The introduction of a machine-readable passport is very important for Solomon Islanders travelling abroad with April 2010 the international deadline for the introduction of such passports.

Solomon Airlines will be providing limited seats at $1999 dollars return to Brisbane as part of its Christmas Shopping Promotions starting today.

General Manager Commercial Services Gus Kraus announced the incentive at the re-opening of the Solomon Airlines main office in Point Cruz.

Solomon Airlines will also be running a Saturday flight beginning on the first of November which will run throughout the festive season.

 

World cocoa day was celebrated today with the aim of promoting cocoa industry and its importance in the country.

Two recruiting agents have been given the license by the government to recruit workers for seasonal work in New Zealand.

Fuel Service station operators will meet with the Ministry of Commerce Industry and Employment next week to lobby for a change to their price arrangement scheme.

Households and businesses in Honiara and the provinces will now feel further a pinch in their pockets with SIEA increasing its fuel tariffs.

After a week long training new inspectors of the price control division have been commissioned.

Fuel services station operators in Honiara are inadequate to operate under the controlled government profit margin in-terms of fuel services.

 

The general manager of Didds services station in Honiara, Toata Molea with other operators could not believe the margin was controlled with a rate of 50 cents are reserve for their earnings per litre.

 

Reporter:Travis Ronnie

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For the first time under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the tourism department are looking at implementing national cruse ship strategy to boost tourist access into the industry.