DEAR EDITOR, A son once said, “I’ll go one better than my father-when we’ve lived a million years, we won’t have begun yet because eternity has no beginning and has no end. This boy has operated on his father’s seemingly deformed speech which goes like this, “In the hereafter, we’ll live with perfect bodies and…
Dear Editor, Please me a space in your editors column to drop down some of my views about the Now former Comptroller of Customs and Excise Division. It was very interesting and funny to read the email the Comptroller of Customs has sent to his work colleagues, thanking them for the good job they have…
Dear Editor, WITH a profound sense of respect and through its cooperation with FSM or any other Pacific Island country, I am taking the liberty as a common Pacific islander to respond to your letter dated 9th March 2023. The accusation of China of “political warfare” and “Grey Zone activities” is unfounded and baseless which…
Dear Editor, The Government has designated the 2023 South Pacific Games “The Green Games”. We need hundreds more trees to achieve this, yet not only are there no trees being planted, but also palms on the median strip have been cut down and large trees continue to be cut down. If the government has a…
Dear Editor, Readers to my frequent posts and letters to the Solomon Islands media will have noticed, of late, I have given much more attention to giving news of health-related issues that have been circulated firstly in international publications, by the WHO, and in university papers and journals, touching upon some of the illnesses and…
DEAR EDITOR, There are culverts coiling alongside the other side of the road going off to Auki. We were on this side of the road watching people rushing off to board the waiting trucks on the other side. Then it’s our turn to go ourselves. This is the current scene of crossing the make-shift bridge.…
DEAR EDITOR, Thankyou for allowing space on your paper to comment on the behavior and attitude of a senior police inspector in Noro. On the 18th of March 2023, I was standing inside a Chinese shop in Noro and witnessed a senior police inspector who was later known to me as Robert Hickie. He walked…
DEAR EDITOR, Concerning the above heading I wish to reveal to the public about my concern on the above-mentioned issue. Years after years the responsible authority had overlooked this matter, however to me it is one of the significant issues the responsible authority should take concern and deal with as soon as possible. Perhaps before…
Dear Editor, In your edition of 4th March 2023 it was reported that the Minister of Provincial Government has issued a letter to the former Premier of Malaita Province, Mr Suidani, to show cause why he should not be disqualified as a provincial member on the grounds that he has by his own act shown…
Dear Editor, The Solomon Islands, like in many other countries, is just emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism is starting to show some early results, business slowly picking up, but the national economy remains depressed and jobs are few and far between. I realise for many life remains hard and especially for those suffering from…