The Honiara City Council will enforce new public bus destinations within the city starting next week. In a press conference today, Honiara City Mayor Andrew Mua said a new ordinance will require public buses to end their routes at certain destinations in the city.
North Malaita constituents have successfully celebrated the historical launch of their ship last week at Malu’u station. The new MV Baelae will operate fuel services for the constituency. Stringer Mr. John Andrew Kiri who attended the ceremony sends this report.
Three schools in West Honiara Constituency have yesterday taken delivery of three new vehicles to meet their transportation needs. They are the St. John school, Bishop Eppale and Tamlan schools. The three-tonne trucks were funded by the Member of Parliament for West Honiara, Hon.
The negligence by responsible authorities would continue to cost lives across the country once immediate actions are not carefully heeded. A David Sitea Bata from Malaita province told SIBC News today the tragic death of a person over the weekend along the deteriorated East Malaita road and the…
The Member of Parliament for North Guadalcanal Constituency Hon Samson Maneka has handed over a $200,000.00 worth Pick-up Truck to the Companions of the Anglican Melanesian Brotherhood in Ghaubata Parish. North Guadalcanal Constituency’s Communication Unit reports, Hon.
Deteriorating road conditions in East Malaita could halt transport services in the region. Transport providers in the region complaint, their services will be withheld this week.
Daily road users in East Malaita will have to spend extra money for transportation as a portion of the East road deteriorates to its worst condition. The last road repair was completed five years ago and users complain having to pay twice as much for road transportation.
Transportation is a problem for blood collection team from the National Referral Hospital. Chief Medical Technologist and Director Medical Lab at the Hospital Mr. Alfred Dofai told SIBC News this morning, he is hesitant to say that the situation has improved.
The Police and Transport Legislation (Amendment) (Alcohol Testing) Bill 2016 is listed for hearing by the Parliament’s Bill and Legislation Committee tomorrow.
A former Senior Road Machine Operator under the Roads and Bridges section of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Utility is gravely concerned over what he describes as ‘very poor road maintenance’ in Honiara.
The Honiara short bus routes will need an amendment to the current Transport Act to cater for its implementation, says Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Henry Murray. Mr.
A man from east-central Guadalcanal has called on public transport service providers in Honiara to respect their passengers while travelling. Edwin Kumba made the call after observing that a lot of public transport providers are playing loud music while travelling with their passengers.
Locally-owned fuel depot, the ‘Didao Refueling Station’ in Honiara will upgrade its services tomorrow by launching a new pumping system to replace the old pump systems they are using.
The travelling public of Central Kwara’ae Constituency have called on the Ministry of Infrastructure Development to quickly repair the Loa Bridge which became unserviceable more than two years ago.
The Honiara City Council’s (HCC) Law Enforcement Division says it will collaborate with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development once its Road Transport Ordinance 2015 is passed.
The proposed concept paper on Road Transport by the Honiara City Council’s Law Enforcement Division is looking to regulate transport businesses in the city.
The Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) has awarded a new shipping service contract to the Marau Shipping Service Limited which will operate MV Kesoko via the Makira-Weather Coast route.
The Guadalcanal Province, Revenue and Licensee Division is currently undertaking a road check to ensure public transport vehicles who serve within the Guadalcanal Province boundary are paying their business license fees to the province.
Honiara travellers have suffered one of the worst traffic congestion today when locally owned public buses face resistance from a sudden bus fare hike. Local public bus owners have decided to impose a new $5 bus fare rate within Honiara starting this morning.
The Honiara City Council has began a business license inspection on public transport vehicles. HCC Law enforcement officers are carrying out the inspection with the assistance from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force.
