Renbel petition

Dear Editor – Thank you for space provided for me to share to help our Rennell Bellona provincial assembly members to work together in planning and implementing policy for good of the people of the province. Reading the above headline Saturday 17.10.15 no. 6003 is another political game to out the current premier from the…

Blame it on NACRA

Dear Editor – Please spare me space in your column to contribute to the debate on the current political saga created by ‘grasshoppers’, to use the term your papers have been branding our disgruntled members of parliament. First, I do not take comfort in blaming the Political Parties Integrity Act 2014 for its shortfalls in preventing…

Renbel assembly meeting

Dear Editor – First let me make this clarification. No one in West Rennell is known by the name Jackson T tuhenua therefore he is either a foreigner hiding behind a pen name or a ghost. For his information, the intended meeting was not my doing rather, such meeting is in compliance with the standing…

Poor strategy

Dear Editor – The former government ministers and backbenchers failed miserably to design a strategy to oust the current prime minister. It was poorly engineered as such MPs involved are now regretting their actions. It is sad that our academic MPs were draped. Remember your actions are what you are. The independent group must be…

Political crisis stable

Dear Editor – If the numbers joining the government is increasing, it could mean that the MPs behind the Mbike Island Resort incident when the current DCC government was formed after the last general elections, must be intending to join the government in order to make further investigations into the case difficult. The country must…

No confidence motion

Dear Editor – The above subject intrigues me. It reminds me of a similar situation back in the mid-nineties when the then SIAC government under the leadership of the late prime ministers Bartholomew Ulufa’lu was also facing a looming “no confidence motion” to be tabled in parliament by the then MP for South Guadalcanal Victor…

First chapter in history

Dear Editor – After Second World War on Guadalcanal this chain of scattered islands was declared British Solomon Islands protectorate. Perhaps we were indeed fortunate from being colonised. In my simple understanding, colonized is just simply like one of the streets in London developed and looked after. Solomon Islands history reminds us that traders and…

Ghost laws & illegal registrations

Dear Editor – Recently I went to the Ministry of Finance to find out details about a particular vehicle registration. The Public Officer was kind enough to give me a printout entitled Certificate of Registration and Ownership. Later that day I perused the Certificate. The document said and I quote “This certifies that the below vehicle…

Disturbing political situation

Dear Editor – Allow me on behalf of the Ecumenical City Men’s Fellowship Ministry to contribute our views towards the current political situation in our country. The Ecumenical Men’s Fellowship Ministry in Honiara comprising of SIFGA and SICA membership churches share its concern in the manner and display of leadership that is being shown by…