I WISH to respond to Gabriel Talokwai’s letter which was published in your paper on 8 February 2016. It was in reference to the proposal to establish a 4th USP Campus in Solomon Islands. I will attempt to address some of the points he raised in his letter. The first point he raised was that…
YOUR newspaper featured the outstanding academic achievements of 31 year old Tammy Tambe from Wagina in South Choiseul who has recently received her PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Bergan in Norway. Tammy begun her high school at King George Sixth before moving on to get a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Marine…
IT pays to find out the real issues before speaking out. When we don’t, we only end up looking foolish in the eyes of the public. That seems to be the case with FSII this week. It called, according to the two newspapers, for the removal of Mr Michael Green, the infrastructure adviser in the…
ALL indigenous Solomon Islanders have a village to call home. We are very fortunate for this blessing. Even our local urban residents raced to the village setting to rejoin with their loved ones and relatives during a festive season’s break, or when life is unbearable on the other sides. The village setting is our Safety…
Welcome to our continuing discussion on the topic, ‘Our view of God.’ Before we look more closely at some of God’s characteristics, let’s take a few moments to evaluate our view of God. It’s one thing to say we’ve avoided the misconceptions about God that we have discussed over the last three weeks. It’s another…
This may sound overly dramatized but it is far better to risk being proven wrong; than to be silent and watch the country plunge itself into self-destruction. Consciousness must be raised to alert the nation to the possible dark side of SIPA’s heightened tariffs. At least by highlighting the likely other side of SIPA’s reforms…
This year, 2016, is shaping up to be an exciting, busy and critical one for the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) and the Solomon Islands Government (SIG). RAMSI is preparing to transfer the final policing and national security responsibilities to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) before June 2017, while continuing to…
ANOTHER robbery! Happy for you to put this view of mine in your paper regarding the increasing number of large scale robberies taking place in the country. What message do those robberies tell our leaders and authorities? Are those robberies accidental or just carried out for fun? Are we not taking anything or learning any…
I would like to share my experience with you my fellow Solomon Islanders who are residing in and around Honiara City. This was one of the experiences I came across that really strike my attention. Hence, I would like to headline it “Unbelievable Experience”. It was an unbelievable experience for me and I was shocked…
In the former but recent days when our country went through the height of the recent ethic crisis, our treasury was placed and plunged under a great and strenuous demand and notice by the barrel of the guns and war lords, but today it is even severe, the dynamics is vested in and with the…