Dear Editor – My comments that follow below are not intended to attack the legal fraternity for which I have high regard. If I am overstating the claims, I offer my apology in advance. I do so out of respect for those who are not the subject of this concerned, since the title of my…
Dear Editor – I read with great interest Waeta Ben Tabusasi’s and J.R William’s letters to the editor, Star No.5787 dated Thursday 9 April, 2015. As a former reasonable political leader and senior citizen of our beloved country, one can say with certainty that Mr Tabusasi’s appearance in our daily paper must have been based…
Dear Editor – It was very interesting to see the front page of Island Sun on the Monday 13th April 2015 edition. The High Court decided in favour of the Baha’i Community on a commercial building built by a Chinese. I wonder what it will be like if all similar cases of such nature are…
Dear Editor – The airfares to and from the Solomons are not an issue for the lack of tourism to this country. As a visitor to the Solomons over the past ten years I can say that the lack of advancement in the infrastructure and amenities for tourists has been extremely disappointing. The airfares of…
EVEN as this nation had so many achievements in classroom learning techniques, teachers need to turn their attention more specifically to “self-regulated” learning provided for their learners. The major confront faced by our school systems relates to Self-Regulated Learning in order to successfully develop self-efficacy. It is important to understand the notion of self-regulated learning…
Dear Editor – Congratulations to everyone and everything which had a hand in making SINU’s second graduation ceremony the great success it was. Indeed it was so great to see the smiles on the faces of graduates with their degrees, diplomas, and certificates. The joy of academic achievement is usually supreme in our personal lifes…
Dear Editor – Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb The Prime Minister, the Hon. Manasseh Sogavare was reported to have met with a visiting Taiwanese Minister, Dr.Chih-Wei Chiu last Friday in Honiara. The Prime Minister is said to have outlined the…
Dear Editor – The need for wider participation of women in the national politics or any form of national leadership often generates very interesting discussions and comments amongst the general public. For a very long time women in Solomon Islands have continuously remained on the edge when it comes to leadership especially leadership in the public…
Dear Editor – There are some principles that we need to take on board so as to drive the policies and the country forward. Until we learn to dictate our departure or reference point, we will be ending up proposing policies that are fundamentalism-filled than fundamentally orchestrated therefore prolonging the burden of the people of…
Disappointment is inevitable. That is because life can never consistently live up to our expectations. I have a friend who involved in church ministry for many years. However, one day without knowing what his wife had in mind, he took his boys for a fishing trip and the wife decided to stay and do some…