Koebule: respect flag rising ceremonies

STAFF and students of Vura community high school, were being told to respect the revived daily flag rising ceremonies in the school. Honiara City Council (HCC) Chief Education Officer (CEO)Wayne Koebule highlighted this in his speech during the revived flag rising ceremony at the school compound yesterday morning. “Staff and students of Vura community high…

Growth center for VATUD proposed

MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for VATUD constituency has announced an economic growth centre for the constituency will be established at Vanikoro Islands, Temotu. Freda Tuki Soriacomua said this during a visit to the island fortnight ago. The centre will be built at Peu on Vanikoro. During her speech at Murivai primary school ground onVanikoro, she…

$334 million to MPs

THIS commentary is in respect to your above front page headline in your issue for Tuesday, 01/09/2015. The fact that the MPs have in a sense been multi-millionaires from tax payers money has been going onfor a long time now. The recent allocation of national disaster relief funds to the responsibility of MPs further worsened…

HRM Excellence Award

Dear Editor – While it is such an excellent idea to award Public Service HRM for excellent performance, the criteria of this selection process still remain indistinct, which raises serious questions of the integrity of the award. The “Excellence” terminology has a strong and significant meaning thus the recipients must deserve the award in the…

Koviloko solar power needs

Dear Editor – Since I wrote my letter to your newspaper last week in which I outlined the solar power needs of the Koviloko community in Isabel Province, I have received further news from the community on their desperate plight for solar lighting. One correspondent told me the community of 3,000, comprising of 13 villages,…

NRH deserves closer attention

THE National Referral Hospital (NRH) is yet to get the attention it deserves from the national government. This is despite the importance it holds in the nation’s health sector. We have some of the region’s best doctors working there. We also have a highly committed team of nurses serving the hospital. But their work to…