Let’s Keep Our Country Moving: Solomon Airlines
The Iumi Tugeda Holidays programme was announced in March this year by Solomon Airlines in partnership with Tourism Solomons and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Source: Airlines Inform Tuesday, 06 July 2021 11:43 AM
Solomon Airlines has announced an expansion of the national tourism initiative ‘Iumi Tugeda Holidays’ in time for Solomon Islands Independence Day, to further support the local tourism industry and encourage more Solomon Islanders to travel on the discounted holiday deals throughout 2021.
With additional accommodation operators in the Western, Temotu and Makira Provinces now joining the programme, from today, Iumi Tugeda Holidays includes 47 tourism operators offering heavily discounted accommodation and travel opportunities across 12 destinations through to 31 March, 2022.
Floyd Green (File photo)
While citing the need for more persons to consume eggs locally, Agriculture Minister, Floyd Green, is advocating for the removal of the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on the popular food item. If we’re saying it’s (eggs) such a good protein; if we’re saying we’re now looking how we can feed ourselves; then we have to reduce that cost so that working people can be able to afford (eggs), stressed Green.
He was speaking during the Jamaica Egg Farmers’ Association s annual general meeting at Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St Ann last week.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, has lauded local egg farmers for their resilience in navigating the challenges to their enterprises posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Green, who was speaking during the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association’s annual general meeting at the Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, recently, said despite market fluctuations that saw egg farmers losing out on the usually reliable and lucrative hotel sector, there were still some positives emerging and reasons for optimism.
“The production of eggs grew by 24.9 per cent, which represents a production level of 208 million eggs. So despite the challenges you were still able to grow… and support your members,” he pointed out.