Dear Editor – In the past few days, Solomon’s Fashion Week was officially opened in Honiara with an exhibition of beautiful clothes and accessories designed by local tailors, women’s group and artists. Officially opening the occasion, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Women, Youths, Children and Family Affairs, Ethel Sigimanu, said the fashion week…
Dear Editor – First and foremost let me take this opportunity to thank Dennis Marite (interim President) and his executive to have seen the importance and recognised the need to have the Solomon Island Music Federation revived, restructured and back to business again. Congratulation boys for standing up for our musicians and music industry, you…
Dear Editor – First, I wish to congratulate the SISE English Examiner and his/her moderator for a job professionally done. On the same note, credit to the General Paper Examiner and his/her moderator for a job well done. Second, May I highly condemn the poor state of the Mathematics paper for its irrelevance, biasness and…
Dear Editor – Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) is at the forefront in focusing attention on the forthcoming COP 21 Paris meeting on climate change. In its early morning news bulletin on, 9 November 2015, RNZI is quoted as saying, “People in the Pacific are being called on to share stories on social media of…
Dear Editor – The Church of Melanesia is gearing up for elections to fill the episcopal positions left vacant by Archbishop David Vunagi and the Bishop Richard Naramana of Ysabel diocese. If my information is correct, the Diocese of Ysabel electoral board is going to elect a new bishop for Ysabel on Tuesday the 10th…
Dear Editor – After more than five years down the line and Solomon Forestry Association (SFA) under the leadership of Robson Kana or better known as Robson Djokovic just realized that Agro- forestry permits are unregulated practice? What a joke! Where was SFA when agro- forestry permits were dished out to ten of its members…
Dear Editor – Over the last few weeks, so much about the instability of Rennell and Bellona Provincial government. The main key players were suppose to be the leader of the opposition (non- executive members), the premier and the APID management. The way it looks, the war was between the speaker and the premier, where…
SOLOMON Islands politics resembles a game of musical chairs with serious costs for political stability and good governance. Political unpredictability, floor crossing and no confidence votes have been recurring in Solomon Islands politics since independence in 1978. In recent years, reasons used by individual MPs to justify defections to either side of the house involved…
Once again, welcome to our continuing discussion on the topic ‘The Family of God.’ I pray that you will come to understand and appreciate this for the unity within the body of Christ (the Church). Do you want to know the reason why the Bible gives this name to all true Christians? Would you like…
SO the government had spent $60 million to build the tiny airstrip of Manaoba in the northern region of Malaita. On the other hand, Munda, in the Western Province, which was built to international standard, cost only $40 million. Munda has since been receiving local and international commercial flights, while Manaopa is yet to open.…