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…
* Motel death investigation yet to conclude* Rape accused refused bail* Man who slaps uncle given a bound-over* Health scandal accused set to take plea on Feb 1 Motel death investigation yet to conclude INVESTIGATION into the death of a young woman at Auki Travelers Lodge on Christmas eve is progressing well. This was confirmed…
PRIME Minister Rick Hou has promised to take the lead to address corruption. His comments on the front page of the Solomon Star last year on Saturday 16th December 2107 at an event organised to mark the Anticorruption Day on Friday 15th December 2017 saw him assuring the nation of his Government’s stance on the…
Dear Editor – 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 country faced in 2017. The PM was essentially referring to the difficulty the country had faced in the past year in meeting the desired…
Dear Editor – Stealing is synonymous to thieving or robbing. The Noah Webster Dictionary defined stealing as: Taking the goods of another feloniously or to take and carry away feloniously, as the personal goods of another (paraphrased). Webster went on to explain what constitute stealing or theft as; the taking must be felonious, that is,…
Dear Editor – The existence of poor infrastructure such as poor state of road and the costly poorly bus service experienced currently in Honiara indicated very clearly that this very important ministry, MID, is no longer performing its role. This ministry has an obligation to provide and improve transport infrastructure and services for the people…