Major economic victory

Dear Editor – With such a huge surplus of $364 million for only the first three months of this year, it would be $1,456 million,( nearly one and half billion dollars ) by the end of the year. Great news indeed! The Minister of Finance hailed this achievement so far as a great success and…

MPS tax free award

800×600 Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} Dear Editor – The reason given by PEC to defend the tax free award they had awarded the 50 MPs to…

Please amend the mining Act

Dear Editor – One of the issues that became very controversial and did catch the spotlight of the media a few years ago was the Gold Ridge landowners royalty payment ending up in the wrong hands. That very scaring situation had not only left the concerned landowners amazed with disbelief but had also raised a…

National carrier takes a major leap forward

SOLOMON Airlines took a major step this week with the launch of its new and direct route to and from Sydney, Australia. The flight leaves Honiara on Mondays, returning the next day. There are several reasons why this direct route is important for Solomon Airlines, Solomon Islands, and Australia. Firstly, Sydney is the commercial hub…

Law and grace

Dear Editor – Confusion had engulfed the Christian denomination when the above mention, law and grace are a spotlight throughout the media. Since the purpose for the church (exclesia called out ones) is to reconcile the lost to our God and Father. The opposite is evident, scattering and not gathering. It seems that we the…

Mobile banking

Dear Editor – First of all I want to thank ANZ and its partner Telekom for promoting and bringing banking closer to our Rural Village people. To those who actually roll out the ANZ goMoney project, I would say, you have done a very good job. You have professionally implementing the project successfully and everyone…

Value of renewable energy sources

Dear Editor – The recent gift of solar panels to the Saranga Community Learning Centre in North West Guadalcanal by the Australian High Commissioner, apart from a being a very welcome gift and energy source, highlights the value of renewable energy for isolated, rural communities. It will be to the continuing advantage of the Democratic…

Arguing over word of God

Dear Editor – I read with interest those who claim to hold the word of God arguing with each other for the past three weeks. Don’t you know that the kingdom of God or higher self is within, not in any ritual, dogma, doctrine, law or tradition? The all seeing and all knowing is within…

Wewak, Jayapura strengthen trade links

PORT MORESBY, (POST COURIER) — Wewak Town Mayor Charles Malenki has signed a letter of intent with the Mayor of Jayapura Benhur Tommy Mano in Indonesia’s West Papua region to cement trade links between the two centres. This signing will pave the way for Wewak Town in East Sepik Province to commence bilateral activities as…

Phonics training successfully conducted

A total of 53 participants from Aoke/Langalanga in Malaita Province have completed a one week phonics training which enables these illiterate people to be able to read and write. At the end of the training they received their certificate on Friday. This Phonics training was conducted at Su’u community Central Aoke, Langalanga Lagoon. The training…