Transparency Solomon Islands calls on the Executive Government to deal with the alleged unwanted and unprofessional behaviour and conduct of the Papua New Guinea Police Contingent in country at the request of our government following the protest and the rioting, lotting, that followed. Whilst Transparency Solomon Islands appreciates and commends the government of Papua New…
Dear Editor – The Chief Justice, His Honour Sir Albert Palmer has called for a Commission of Inquiry to determine the cause of the 2021 November rioting and looting in Honiara. He made the call during the opening of the legal year this week, which was conducted virtually. Chief Justice Palmer said the Chinatown riots…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) calls for the immediate disbandment/termination and reconstituting of the COVID Oversight Committee membership or the total doing away with it and replacing it with a more effective, responsive, listening, responsible and accountable committee setup. The composition and the conduct of Oversight Committee has been highly politicized, and it being so has…
Dear Editor – I have been & will be wearing a mask in shops. I’m not sure how being considerate to others for the common good is now being mocked by some who are calling it “living in fear”, but it needs to stop. When I wear a mask over my nose and mouth in…
Dear Editor – The above is the opposite of the much hyped submarine cable. Instead the speed that’s been blown in the media is that to do with how fast you lose data while waiting for your web search to reply to your request that’s been sent. They say that due to the 4GLTE, you’ll…
Tonga rocked by volcanic explosion & tsunami The Kingdom of Tonga remains cut off from the rest of the world following a huge volcanic explosion on Saturday evening. The impacts of the eruption and the tsunami that followed were felt across the globe. The undersea fibre optic cable that carries Tonga’s communications capacity has been…
Dear Editor – Thank you for publishing my view about the good works of our Police Response Team (PRT). On Monday morning my relative told me about what the PRT allegedly did to my relative, who is a teenager, 19 years old. I’m told they took him to the Central Police Station on Sunday 16th…
Dear Editor – I shall be grateful if you could publish this view on your paper. East Malaita region of Malaita has enormous potential for growth and contributions to national development. In the past people from East Malaita have continued to develop Honiara and other provinces both in the private and public sectors. There are resource owners who are willing and able to work with the national government to further fulfill the government’s…
WHY INDEPENDENCE WOULD BE HARD FOR MALAITA NOW To be a new independent nation the following steps are needed. Step 1-Declare Independence Malaita Province must first satisfy rules set forth by the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States that would require Malaita declare in a referendum letting the world…
Indeed, I am grateful. National Referral Hospital (NRH) has kindly conditioned my liver throughout six months of admittance. I was diagnosed with Cirrhosis Hepatitis B and what doctors in their profession say is that my liver is infected, and ailing. Besides, seeing I shall be referred overseas, surely it means NRH only do what it…