A new bus service aimed at addressing the short bus route in Honiara will start serving the city this Sunday. Two new jumbo buses will service two routes in the city which will see adult and children paying $5.00 and $3.00 respectively for four trips in a day. The buses can carry around 55 passengers…
The region has been urged to push hard to engage and enjoy the benefits of trade through PACER Plus (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations)if this deal comes into effect. The encouragement was made last week by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative for pacific island countries Yongzheng Yang at the end of a…
SPC: Sustainable Energy is one of the six multi-stakeholder Partnership Dialogues being held during this week’s Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Samoa. Central to the Sustainable Energy debate is use of renewable energy technologies to reduce SIDS reliance on fossil fuels, with their high cost and damaging environmental impacts. “Lack…
SOLOMON Water is emerging from its dark days, cleared its huge debts, and now operating profitably. General Manager Richard Austin revealed this on Wednesday when Solomon Water took delivery of the $150 million water supply improvement project for Honiara and Auki, from the Japanese Government. Mr Austin said the organisation’s current financial situation is stable…
JAPAN on Wednesday handed over the $150 million water supply improvement project for Honiara and Auki to Solomon Water. The project provided: Four borefields: Tasahe, Titinge, Skyline and Borderline – each fed by 4 boreholes. Four high lift pumping stations Six treated water storage reservoirs (at Tasahe, Titinge, Skyline, Borderline, Panatina and West Kola’a) A…
FORMER Prime Minister and MP for North East Choiseul, Manasseh Sogavare says a vast majority of Solomon Islanders do not have a clue what the roles of RAMSI are since the mission’s arrival in 2003. Mr Sogavare highlighted this in Parliament on Wedneday during the opening of the debate on an Independent Report on RAMSI.…
The number of Measles cases is on the rise with more than 500 cases recorded so far in Honiara, Guadalcanal, Malaita and other provinces, health authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Last week two children lost their lives as a result of the outbreak. As part of curbing the spread, the Ministry of Health and World Health…
POLICE have successfully retrieved the boat, believed to have gone missing between Gizo and Choiseul last month. The ray boat, which had in it seven passengers, went missing on its way to Choiseul with only two survivors successfully rescued, a corpse believed to be the driver of the boat (found two weeks after the incident)…
A JUDGE has ordered the lawyer representing a murder accused to provide his sick leave to the court Wednesday. This was after the court was told the lawyer was unable to attend court on Tuesday for the start of the defence case. The defence case was scheduled to start on Monday before presiding judge Francis…
COASTAL freighter, MV Kosco was reported held up at Ringi in the Western Province on Monday night by relatives of a man who was claimed to have fallen over board and is yet to be found. However, latest reports from Gizo last night say the vessel was released late on Tuesday and allowed to continue…