Anti-corruption bill

Dear Editor – Radio New Zealand International’s news report on 2 March 2017, carried a story which stated the chairperson of Transparency Solomon Islands, Ruth Liloquala, as saying she had it from a credible source that the majority of MPs in the Solomon Islands Government do not support the proposed legislation. The report went on…

Police radar

Dear Editor – Those Rt. Hon. MPs whom the Police Radar could not detect them for corruption investigations must be commended for doing the right thing for their voters, constitution and the nation as a whole. Good on them, thou good, honest and faithful MPs.  How, bae iumi putim olketa back moa lo power, come…

Ethical leadership

Dear Editor – Allow me a space just to spell out my opinion on “Ethical Leadership” in relation to the article published on Friday 24th of February 2017, in the Page “Letters To the Editor, Title: SPOL-Treatment of its staff” written by Desmond Tutu.  In Mr Tutu’s letter, he voiced out the treatment that the…

Acknowledgement

Dear Editor – The Vestry Committee and the good Christian people of Burns Creek Anglican Satellite Church would like to sincerely express our greatest gratitude to his Most Right Reverend His Grace Archbishop of Anglican Church of Melanesia and Diocesan Bishop of the Central Melanesia – Bishop George Takeli. It has been a decade of…

An untold sin

Dear Editor – It is a pity to see our youth teams falling short from qualifying to the World Cup or any other Oceania youth championships. Recent cases were the Under-17 boys that failed to book a place in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in India, after going down to New Caledonia 3-2 and the…

My response to Sogavare

Dear Editor – Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s response in Monday’s Solomon Star issue (02-27-17) headline is quite extraordinarily explosive from a leader. Mr Sogavare has appeared so aggressive to Sasako’s revelation of the recent discretionary payment to MPs. I was merely responding to an inquiry of the possible sources (other than the Appropriation Act as…

Let’s be alert to widening gap

Dear Editor – While the indigenous population is so privileged to own the country’s natural wealth, there is denial through many development dimensions that continues to position local people’s ownership and rights at the brink of extinction. The conversion of natural resources (and labour) to modern cash does not prove rewarding (environmentally, socially and financially)…

MPs SIG scholarship

Dear Editor – I wish to contribute on the general discussion on MPs scholarship awards.  Basically, I totally disagreed with the negative views and opinions expressed by other writers on the subject of MPs scholarships. Firstly, those individuals have very narrow minded views, they don’t understand the bigger picture of this vital academic initiatives offered…

More youths unemployed

Dear Editor – As a concerned citizen of this country, I challenged you the leaders of this nation to never give a blind eye to this matter of urgency, but work together and start putting positive efforts in trying to curb the high rate of unemployment in this nation. Currently, the percentage of unemployed youths…