Dear Editor – Please allow me to respond to a letter by Fred Erick Tehaka carried through this column on the 15th October 2015. I will be responding to each point raised by Mr.Tehaka against Hon.Lence Tagosia. A ghost? The intent of Tehakas’ letter was nothing less an attempt to publicly discredit our father and…
Once again, welcome to our second session of discussion on the subject ‘Eternity.’ Last week I bring to your attention the thought that we live in a world where all things are temporary and passing away. The second thought that I want to bring to your attention this week is that we are all moving…
Like most Australians, I love sport. In the small town where I grew up, sport was at the centre of community life. As a child, I played sport all year round: Australian Rules football, cricket, tennis, basketball, golf. And when I wasn’t playing sport, my friends I were watching it, talking about it, going for…
Dear Editor – Your story in yesterday’s edition of the Solomon Star once more highlighted the encouraging work of Youth@Work and focused on the achievement of Mary Osiabu from Choiseul who, after completing the ‘Young Entrepreneurs Program conducted by the aid organization, was able to set up her own business in making and selling doormats.…
It is bound to happen. And anyone who claims to be anyone in the politico-resource sector control game knows it was coming. This week the DCC Government has fired the first salvo in a war of sorts that, win or lose, only the legal practitioners benefit handsomely. The Government announced that it was auctioning “illegally-harvested”…
The sentence handed down by the Magistrate Court against Ms. Selina Boso, the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Rural Development, on the 25th September 2015 sends a strong message that information about the administration and distribution of Constituency Development Fund is a matter of public interest. Ms.Boso received a sentence for 4 months imprisonment suspension…
15.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;} Dear Editor – I respond to the Premier’s continuous denial of the legitimate allegations made against him. Of…
Dear Editor – Possible print this short letter in your column? I read with great interest the meeting of supposedly land owners, chiefs and elders who claimed to have inherent interest in the Suafa Seaport Project (SSP) at the Honiara Hotel. I believe the Government is pushing to have these projects get off the ground…
Dear Editor – I am a resident of West Honiara for more than four years now. As you are aware, most, if not all, of the residents of West Honiara rely on the Solomon Water Kongulae gravity feed for their water supply needs. However, as of Saturday 3rd October West Honiara has been without water…
Jayapura, Jubi – It is frustrating that serious human rights abuses in Indonesian-controlled West Papua continue to fly below the radar. This year there has been some good news but it is also going largely unremarked. This is equally frustrating, especially as the positive developments all stem from initiatives taken by courageous Papuans themselves or…