Dear Editor – According to Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) sources, a region-wide free trade agreement has been signed in Tonga, with some notable absences. “The deal, known as PACER-Plus, has been hailed by proponents as a new kind of agreement that links development to trade to boost island economies. “Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Niue,…
Dear Editor – Makira Premier, Stanley Siapu, has expressed his people’s desire for the DBSI’s re-opening during consultations by members of the Cabinet Sub-Committee Taskforce on DBSI in Kirakira last week. During the consultation and awareness programs, participants said the demise of DBSI has resulted in the country losing 15 years of development in the…
Dear Editor – Opponents of the current government have accused the DCC of having nothing to show for during the three years the group was in power. From start, the number of political appointees (PA) drew criticisms from the public not only because of the quantity but more so, the quality of those appointed as…
Dear Editor – Our past MP seems to deny our existence on that level without any second thought. I remember an additional constituency was debated in the National Parliament, instead, different MPs were supporting that motion, while our own MP had his own agenda. And let me quote his famous statement “I don’t support this…
Dear Editor – Finally its good to see the contractors back on our roads patching up the pot holes. These potholes have been very disturbing for vehicles for the past weeks. Thanks to the government and the contractor for the funding and labour to patch up the roads. Also the contractors need to visit some…
Dear Editor – One generally associates Japan being the leaders in robotic developments but the SIBC has reported that, surprisingly, a team of four students from the Woodford International School will compete with students from more than 160 nations in a global robotics competition to be held in Washington DC in July this year. Solomon…
Dear Editor – “We don’t want a future that is a mirror of my past.” The words quoted are those of Regina Lepping who represented the Solomon Islands Young Women’s Parliamentary Group at the United Nations in New York last week. Regina’s moving words are quoted in full on the SIBC’s website. In part of…
Dear Editor – According to a media release from the Press Secretary of the Prime Minister yesterday, Sunday, 11 June 2017, the PM has described his trip to New York, United States of America for the special session convened by the United Nations Peace building Commission for him to present Solomon Islands case as a…
Dear Editor – I would be grateful if you could publish in your Letters to the Editor’s Column the list I have prepared on the students of Selwyn College of 1970 – 1973. This is in commemoration of the school’s nearly 47 years of existence since its inception at the old Najilagu site on North…
Dear Editor – In a press statement from the PM____s Press Secretariat in September 2015, Prime Minister Sogavare said, “Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) can be done in Solomon Islands and transmitted to the UN. Furthermore any decision by the government to ratify this convention does not…