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…