Police and street vendors

Dear Editor – I’d like to say something on the Royal Solomon islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the street vendors. RSIPF can you leave the cleaning up of the streets to the Honiara City police and you look at the traffic jam and other major social problems in the city? I suppose the City Council…

East Honiara lacks clinics

Dear Editor – Honiara City Council is doing fine in the health sector in providing clinic for children and a dental one. A women’s clinic is being proposed and properly a men’s one next. However, other areas in East Honiara like King George, Ranadi, SINU both Panatina and Kukum Campuses, Panatina Ridge and Valleys, Mbaranaba…

Wagina mining issues

Dear Editor – I just want to respond to the comments made by Jonathan Tebabusi Tobire on Tuesday 4th March 2014 Issue No. 5445. I am one of the members of the delegation and was surprised to see that nonsense comment in the media. To my understanding, you should see us first before going to…

Biometric voter registration

Dear Editor – Concerns have been expressed in the media on the issue of our overseas- based citizens and students not being able to register as electors, therefore denying them the right of exercising their democratic rights in the up-coming General elections These concerns are valid and have my support. But what about our very…

Lima: SSEC is built on faith

South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) is a church built on faith and prayer. That’s according to the head of the church Reverend Bishop Mathias Lima. He was speaking at the church’s 50th golden jubilee celebrations at Ambu near Auki, Malaita, yesterday. “Our church was built on faith, prayer, sacrifice, passion, simplicity, and originality,” Lima told…

Hekari pushed but defends title

PNG’s Hekari United have retained their position at the top of the Telikom National Soccer League table with a 3-1 victory over Besta PNG United, but the defending champions were made to work hard for it. Urged on by a rampant home crowd, Besta PNG United gave the visitors from Port Moresby a real run…

Gender equality on the Just Play agenda

The Just Play Programme has four objectives as it works to make social change throughout the Oceania region, one of which is the promotion of gender equality. With 8 March 2014 marking International Women’s Day, the inroads this programme makes all year-round in the realms of gender equality and female empowerment comes under the spotlight.…