By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government has disbursed a total of $16 million to assist owners of properties in Chinatown, torched and destroyed during the riots in November 2021. This was based on a policy government passed last year to support…
By EDDIE OSIFELO HONIARA City Council is expecting additional support from the National Government to build its capacity in waste management, before the Pacific Games in November, this year. This after HCC has limited capacity to manage waste for the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ABOUT 32 buildings torched and destroyed during the riots in November 21 are recommended to be demolished immediately. This came after assessments carried out by Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Development Architectural and building license services, National Disaster…
Bus drivers/owners continue to ignore regulations, Council considers takeover BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO WITH the long standing issue of short bus route in Honiara the Honiara City Council (HCC) is seriously looking at operating bus services ‘in partnership with some…
By EDDIE OSIFELO DISPUTING parties of the proposed new National Referral Hospital at Gilbert camp, East Honiara have agreed for work to progress. This is despite the dispute over the land being before the court. Attorney General, John Muria Junior…
By EDDIE OSIFELO WORK on the improving and extending the existing four-lane road, from the central market through to White River (approximately 5km) will start after the Pacific Games. The Pacific Games will be held in Honiara from November 19…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE are still looking for the wanted suspect into the stabbing incident on January 20, 2023 inside a public bus along the Mbokonavera area. Police confirmed that the matter was reported to them and investigation is still…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Office of the Auditor General has uncovered no documentation and engagement evidence of a $275,000 payment paid to a security service engaged at Guadalcanal Beach Resort (GBR) in 2020. That is according to the audit report…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services has not provided any documentation to support the contractor that refurbished the Multipurpose Hall into an Isolation Ward for $4.7 million. The Office of the Auditor General found this in its…
CCECC mysteriously drops wages of labourers at KGVI Pacific Games stadium project By EDDIE OSIFELO LOCAL workers engaged by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for the Stadium Project staged a sit-in protest at King George Six Stadium yesterday morning.…
