BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO Honiara City Council (HCC) will register only 30 buses to service the capital. This is the Honiara City Mayor Hon Andrew Mua’s response to the massive turn out of bus owners, drivers and conductors in protest…
BY ALICE NANTARA HELENA Goldie Hospital (HGH) has taken a bold step in the hope of securing its future. This was confirmed through posters pinned up in shop fronts and the hospital’s notice board declaring newly implemented fee charges vital…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) strongly warns bus owners and drivers in Honiara to abide by the law following an illegal protest through the city yesterday at the recent changes instituted by the Honiara City Council to the…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA RENBEL provincial police commander (PPC) Inspector Aloysius Manegaua was given permission to leave Tingoa Police Station before the New Year (2018) to visit his sick mother who has since passed away. This was clarified by the Royal…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A huge number of local bus owners, drivers and conductors teamed up together to protest against the new bus routes endorsed by the Honiara City Council. The basis of their plea was to increase the bus…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A concerned bus owner has urged public to comply with legal bus fare charges. He said bus fare has become an issue faced every day for bus drivers and conductors when running bus service in the…
Police say yesterday’s strike unlawful, bus operators told to follow new rules BY BEN BILUA THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Forced has described the protest staged by bus owners yesterday as unlawful and are warning bus owners and drivers to…
DEAR EDITOR, Enough is enough and it is time for real change. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela in his New Year message to the people of the Solomon Islands advised everyone to be positive about tomorrow despite the many challenges the…
DEAR EDITOR, In the last two weeks the SIBC reported in one of its daily news broadcasts (quote) “A $29.3 million payment from the Republic of China on Taiwan to Solomon Islands will support the Rural Constituency Development Fund. “The…
DEAR EDITOR, He karanga ki Aotearoa Solomon Islands new Prime Minister, Rick Hou, according to a SIG press release, during early December called for closer cooperation between Solomon Islands and its Development partners in order to further progress socio-economic development…
