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Competition is well and truly active in the rice industry.  Many Solomon Islanders and Lifhaus included were quietly watching as events unfolded and now reports reaching Lifhaus confirm that for the first time in many months, Solrais has dropped its prices significantly.  A regular Lifhaus contributor reported that "I was stunned when the shopkeeper informed me that the bag of 20 Kg Solrais was $165.00."  Lifhaus has yet to independently verify this latest find but it would seem like finally Solrais is responding to the influx of alternative rice strands in the coun

"Finders keepers, Losers weepers" and this could be the case in a reported "lost" mobile phone in Lata.  Reporting for Lifhaus, our Lata correspondent related the story of a mobile phone which had gone lost a few months ago only to surface again with the same SIM.  However, Lifhaus has been informed that the illicit trade of stolen mobile phones may be facing a stiffer battle now that Our Telekom has the capability to block handsets and SIM cards from registering on their Breeze mobile network.  An increasing number of mobile phone users in Honiara and the

Public buses in Honiara have begun to take shorter routes while more destinations are being added.  Buses from White River will typically put up signs for Point Cruz or Kukum rather than the usual practise of going up to King George or Naha.  Some White River residents are already saying that in order to get to work, they have to use two buses when trying to get to work at Ranandi or anywhere past Point Cruz.