Bus owners, drivers want fare increase By EDDIE OSIFELO HONIARA City Council is considering allowing only the 30 buses that have so far bought their business licences to operate on the one straight road from White River to King George Sixth. Mayor Andrew Mua revealed this after some bus owners, drivers and conductors protested in…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) strongly warn bus owners and drivers in Honiara to abide by the law following an illegal protest through the city today at the recent changes instituted by the Honiara City Council to the bus routes. At a meeting with the protesting bus owners and drivers at the Rove…
PUBLIC buses charging $5 a trip must be reported to the nearest police station. That’s the advice from Kukum Traffic police officer Pauline Ngele. She stated this after passengers complained some public buses are charging $5 per rout. This came after the Honiara City Council warned buses to stop travelling shorter routes and follow the…
HONIARA City Council (HCC) says it will review the list of contractors it had engaged to collect rubbish in the city. This came after contractors have stopped visiting the suburbs around Honiara to collect rubbish. As a result rubbish are piling up outside residential homes and excess garbage are being seen around the big yellow …
THE boundless habits of selling marijuanas like cabbages at the Faumamanu market has now prompted a call to step up policing in the area – the biggest market facility in east Malaita. The Solomon Star understands that many attempts that were made to curb this illegal activity had failed over the years.. During the last…
THE Government is yet to destroy one of the three Vietnamese impounded blue boats. There were three boats that were captured early last year at Rennel’s Indispensable reef by the Maritime police for illegal fishing. Based on a High Court ruling the boats were set for destruction. Two of the blue boats were burned under…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has been paid a courtesy visit by Dr Zelalem Taffesse, Chief of UNICEF Solomon Islands Field Office on Monday at the Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (OPMC). In their meeting Dr Taffesse briefed the Prime Minister on the work of UNICEF in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), heath, education…
SCHOOL results are expected to be released to the public mid this week. That’s according to the National Examination and Standard Unit (NESU), which comes under National Education Assessment Division (NEAD) of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development. “We are currently sorting an inconsistency in recording of students that transferred from one school…
CITY mayor Andrew Mua made it clear that commuters and Honiara citizens now have the responsibility to report any bus operating on short routes. Mr Mua told journalists Friday that their new move to allocate new destinations to buses and issue business licence is expected to solve the short routes employed in recent years. “If…
New bus routes effective today By EDDIE OSIFELO SOME buses owners, drivers, and conductors have formed a task-force on Sunday to negotiate with Honiara City Council over the new bus routes. This came after HCC sets to introduce the new bus routes today in Honiara. Buses that failed to adhere to the new regulations will…