The Joint Civil Society Group, JCSG, is calling on the government and responsible authorities to immediately investigate a failed Non-Directional Beacons, NDB, provincial airports rehabilitation project.
Patients diagnosed with non-communicable disease are occupying almost 1-hundred percent of beds in the medical and surgical wards at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara.
Provincial Assembly Member for Malango Ward, Walton Naezon has accused the Tina Hydro Project Office of not following proper legal processes to identify landowners. Mr Naezon made the comments following a media statement from the Project Office, published in local newspapers today.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has officially opened the new bailey bridge in China Town. The bridge replaces the old one, destroyed during the April floods this year.
The Bahomea community in Central Guadalcanal is claiming that the Government and the Tina River Project office are employing corrupt tactics to compulsory acquire land for the project.
Transport service owners in North Malaita have expressed concern over current road blocks in the area, saying they are causing unnecessary expenses and is an inconvenience.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Development will revise a three year plan extracted from the 2011-2025 National Transport Plan. Under Secretary Technical Jimmy Nuake made the statement during the Ministry’s Public Accounts hearing on the National Transport Fund Audit report on Thursday.
Our Telekom has launched two newly built mobile towers in Choiseul Province – one at Ropa in South Choiseul, and the other at Ogho in North East Choiseul.
The Australian Justice Minister who visited Solomon Islands recently said Australia is taking its relationship with the country very seriously and they are providing a further 2-million dollars towards transport infrastructure in the country.
The New Zealand Aid Programme-funded Bailey bridge has opened for traffic, restoring a vital Honiara transport link destroyed during the devastating April floods in Solomon Islands. The new bridge was installed by Downer New Zealand Limited, with support from local firm Dalgro.
Makira-Ulawa provincial premier, Thomas Weape is calling on the National Coalition of Rural Advancment Government to improve infrastructure development in his province.
The Malaita Provincial Government and its National MP’s have been called upon to help the Roman Catholic Church improve the deteriorating conditions of its two clinics in Small Malaita. Father Peter Kevin is looking after the clinic at the Tarapaina Parish in Small Malaita.
The absence of a medical laboratory at Buala Hospital in Isabel province has presented difficulties in identifying what caused the recent diarrhea outbreak in the province.
The Honiara City Council, HCC, has made clarifications following criticisms raised against the re-opening of the Sol Plaza at Town Ground in Honiara. A spokesman from the Council told SIBC News that the building was never declared a failed building.
The opposition leader Doctor Derek Sikua suggests the Government implements the proposed 11 bus routes recommended by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development. Mr Sikua says if changes are quickly introduced as expected by the people of Honiara, the 11 bus routes be put on trial.
The Maringe Kokota People’s Right and Power Group has strongly condemned recent media statements by a Mike Havilea who claimed work on the Buala Haevo road project will start this month.
Member of Parliament for Central Guadalcanal Peter Shanel said the Road Transport Board has failed to regulate the Road Transport Act 2009. Mr Shanel made the statement during the debate on the Honiara Short Bus Route motion, which was passed last Thursday.
Residents along the Bahai and Saint Barnabas Cathedral highway in Honiara thanked responsible authorities for a job well done in sealing the dusty stretch of road which had posed heath threats to their lives over the past few weeks.
Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industries, SICCI, has commended the Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, and New Zealand Aid for their strong contributions to the betterment of transport and infrastructure around Honiara.
Work to construct a road access from Buala to Haevo in Isabel Province will begin next month. A Mike Havilea told SIBC News the project has been approved and the hired contractor will begin work on the road next month. Mr Havilea says the project is an initiative by the MP for Maringe Kokota Varian
