Dear Editor – It is my humble view that Tandai Landowners should shelf the negotiations and think of better deals which will give them a win- win conclusion. Tandai Landowners have since early Planters settled in with purchasing their lands with goods and English pounds with peanut values to today’s land values in Solomon Islands…
Dear Editor – The recent study done at Lees Lake is a good sign of moving the community forward in terms of business, employment and general improvement of the people’s quality of life in the future. The community is anticipating such visit by our local experts and government officials to play a leading role in…
Dear Editor – I was hesitant to respond to Mr Iroga’s response to my Letter to the Editor as printed by the Solomon Star in which I had advocated for Dr Rodgers to be the next PM. I’m doing so now solely for one purpose and that is to sincerely and respectfully apologise to the…
Dear Editor – I am writing to condemn the stubborn citizens of this country in Honiara who continue to mess Honiara streets with their betel nut stains and their rubbish. The Honiara City Council (HCC) is trying to help clean up Honiara city but cannot do it by themselves. As a citizen I feel for…
Dear Editor – The recent launching of United Party manifesto at Nariaoa in East Are”are is acknowledged and the party leader is praised for that. We have a very unstable climate due to lack of political party knowledge by our people. Our voters need to understand the principles and policies of all political parties before…
Dear Editor – As a local girl in the village, I just don’t understand what mode of culture Solomon Islands is currently encouraging or promoting today. The Department of Culture, the National Museum of Solomon Islands and the National Archive and our national leaders need to explain and give some directions to the people of…
IN one of the series on SIBC in the programme “Election for what” on Sunday 14th September, 2014, a question was asked on the National Emblem as to the meaning of the shark and the crocodile that formed the coat of Arm. Unfortunately, the learned panellists could not answer that simple but important question. Let’s…
THE recently released Australian foreign aid policy claims to be heralding a new paradigm of aid delivery. This new paradigm will see the ‘Aid-for-Trade’ component increase from 12.5% to at least 20% of the aid budget by 2020 in an effort to encourage Pacific Island Countries to take advantage of the opportunities integration into the…
Dear Editor – Many so-called self-righteous citizens have often attempted to distance themselves from the evils of politics but have failed. Political iniquity or iniquities is the term I wish to describe unethical dealings with money in times of politicking in political elections of members of parliament and provincial assemblies. In a cash-trap economy by…
ON Monday 15th September 2014, Peter Forau expressed his opinion that Dr Jimmy Rodgers is PM material and that Marovo Constituency should elect Dr Rodgers in the upcoming General Election. Upon being elected Dr Rodgers should put his hand up for the PM’s post. Mr Forau wrote from Port Vila, the capital of the Republic…