Dear Editor – Readers to your newspaper will know I have long been keen to highlight and promote the production and export of coconut virgin oil by Solomon Islanders, both by community based farmers and by larger commercial concerns operating in the country. My support for the export of coconut virgin oil from the Solomon…
It is a widely accepted fact that ANY addiction is not a healthy state of being. That being the case we accept that such afflictions as drug addiction, alcohol addiction, smoking addiction, betel-nut addiction, among many others, are not only detrimental to our health, leading to chronic illness and disease, which results, ultimately, in a…
Sunday marked the very day RAMSI set foot on our shores. Thirteen years ago, our friends from the region came to our rescue. Five years of civil unrest has left our nation at the bottom of a deep pit – a dysfunctional government system, a non-performing police force, and a collapsed economy. The region heard…
Dear Editor – I refer to an article on the front page of Issue No. 6318 dated Thursday 30th June, 2016 –“ PM: FEAR NOT – Sogavare tells the nation to trust armed aops”. This good news for the nation came out to the public just four days following the death of my dear son,…
Dear Editor – The DCCG’s action plan mission to address the ethnic tension crises related claims step by step and bit by bit as sounded by the DPM which do not go down well with the doctor in the Independent group Dr Derick Sikua was a good move taken by determined leaders, true real leaders…
Media writers have side tracked the focus of my intention towards National Healing, even so I still maintain my belief that these TRUTHS which my questions seek to know are permanent elements for true and lasting reconciliations. Reconciliation is Forgiveness and those who masterminded the crises need national forgiveness. Remember, the Theme is National Healing,…
Dear Editor – Veteran politicians mudslinging on media. The political trait displayed by Dr Sikua has sunken to a new low, a deplorable ebb indeed. National leaders should be continuously reminded that you are not only representing a small portion of our country but that of every single individual who calls this beautiful country home.…
In my presentation last week, we began to look at examples from the Bible on the benefits of growing through adversity. This week, we will continue to look at some more examples from the Bible to affirm to us the benefits of growing through adversity. We often resist God’s work in our lives. We shrink…
Dear Editor – In the year 2000 16 former employees of Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) were given the green light to call it a day after they had reached the ceiling. A term SIPA use for retirement. Our group was the first retirees SIPA had retired under this policy and practice, fair and square…
Dear Editor – I made reference to the articles entitled “Let’s move on” by Ednal Palmer, and “Dr Sikua and others should drop it” by Mr. Jim Sevesi published on Solomon Star 17th July 2016. The recent statements made by the office of the Leader of independent was never meant to dig into the past,…