Dear Editor, THIS statement is made in response to the Gold Ridge Mining Ltd public statements made by the company’s CEO as reported in your papers in March 2022 editions regarding approvals surrounding GRML’s Direct Discharge of Cyanide containing mine waste into the surrounding environment. The chairman of Kolobisi Tailing Dams Association (KTDA) and Matapono…
DEAR EDITOR, First, I wish to say the freedom we have as a democratic country comes with sacrifices made by us Solomon Islanders and USA and allies during WWII. Secondly, though not mentioned but still a concern given the speed and secrecy about the security agreement, USA and its allies including us Solomon Islanders are…
DEAR EDITOR, Manasseh Sogavare now known as the Idi Amin of the South Pacific has put Solomon Islanders in great peril. China will come in with machine guns where Australia came with respect. The United States has now pivoted to the Pacific and Nuclear war is now more likely to be done in strategic locations…
DEAR EDITOR, Prime Minister Sogavare has said the Solomon Islands does not have any external adversaries (which I interpret as security threats) and this accords with my own assessment. Threats to internal security in the years 1998 Dec) through to 1993, in 2006, and in 2021 have been domestic in nature. I forecast the domestic…
DEAR EDITOR, Looks like the security agreement with China has achieved the opposite, now the world is watching, and now we should be concerned. Little Solomon Islands is now on the radar of many countries because of the government and wanting to remain in power at all cost. So congratulations, now we have a real…
DEAR EDITOR, China is a colonial superpower that is spreading its colonialism around the world. At least 1,000,000 Chinese people, China’s PLA amongst them, now live and work in Africa. Ostensibly they’re there to work on BRI projects. The Solomon Islands and their PM is only the latest in a large number of typically economically…
Nothing is new about you For the last 3 times, the same Nothing is new about your lies For your selfishness is obvious This place is not your privacy For in this is the home of many races For freedom and wisdom goes hand in hand For your assumption is foolishness We think that getting older…
DEAR EDITOR – I have grown to know and love the Solomon Islands over the past 18 years. My first trip to Honiara from the US was tied to family history and WWII. That history is not what has kept me returning to the Solomon Islands. It is the people, the beauty, the problems and…
DEAR EDITOR – Thanks for allowing me to write my views on some issues that are of interest. Two issues that have dominated our Media recently are the “proposed” extension of parliament and the security agreement with China. As rural area resident, I see a lot of misinformation being circulated on these two controversial subjects…
All humanity have a defense system That you live in harmony with all Leadership is all about humility To lead is to serve No one wants to make war For war is a waste of energy Resources and humanity For in it there is no development To be self- serving is the key to war…