Why the short bus routes

THE short bus route in Honiara was triggered by daily targets imposed by Asian bus owners on their drivers and conductors. That was according to a bus driver Timothy Aloga. He disclosed this to the Solomon Star during Monday’s five hour protest by bus drivers and conductors in Honiara against the increasing entry of Asians…

Terminated or quit?

THE MEDIA Consultant and advisor in the Prime Minister’s Officer, Alfred Sasako was reportedly being prematurely terminated. Information posted onForum Solomon Islands International (FSII) claimed an insider within DCC Government confirmed Sasako’s premature termination last week. But yesterday in a statement Mr Sasako clarified that he is planning to quit his job in order to…

FSII plans public forum

FORUM SOLOMON Islands International (FSII) has confirmed it will host a public forum in Honiara, tomorrow – Tuesday 4th August. Called the “Peoples’ Forum”, the purpose of the Forum is to gauge views from concern stakeholders about the Government’s controversial decisions. The FSII Board said that the recent strings of controversial decisions triggered a lot…

Parents told to supervise children

Parents are told to keep an eye on their children as mass exposure to new technologies such as mobile phones, internet and movies contributes to ill-behaviour and lack of moral attitudes among children. This was raised by a concerned citizen when visiting the media last week. John Toki from West Guadalcanal stated in his report…

Big 3 distributes on Punjas’ behalf

A manufacturing &distribution company from Fiji operating in the country will now change its business model, by appointing Big 3 Distributors to do distribution for them in the country. Punjas has been distributing its product in Solomon Islands for some years since their establishment for nearly a decade in Honiara. While Big 3 Distributors has…

Opposition on denial by PIB

THE Parliamentary Opposition Group says the denial by Pacific Insurance Brokers (PIB) is logical as PIB will go to any length in safeguarding the interest of their client Aggressor Solomon Limited (ASL). The Opposition Group in a  statement yesterday said, whilst they understand that PIB did not make the direct payment, however, being a broker…

Bmobile/Vodafone awards retailer

Each month bmobile-Vodafone in partnership with its distributor Low Price are giving away an I-pad to one of their retailers who purchase EVD top up’s directly from Low-Price. Each time the retailer purchases $10,000 they will enter the draw to win an Apple I-pad. The draw was done on Saturday 1st of August for the…

59 students terminated, suspended

ABOUT 59 Solomon Islands government students studying at the University of the South Pacific (USP) have been cancelled after they failed two or more of their courses undertaken last semester. The termination, which was decided by the National Training Committee, was enforced last Friday. The Solomon Islands Student Association (SISA) president Anthony Maelasi said, the…