TWO weeks from now the Ninth Parliament will be no more. A series of things will have happened. On 8th September, Parliament will have been dissolved, ordinary MPs will have come back down to earth and be like one of us, leading a normal life. The Executive Government that is, Cabinet though, would continue but…
IT’S natural to think of elections when we think of political corruption. People or business organization with their own agendas can twist voting and influence results. They may secretly give candidates big financial donations which in turn enables candidates to buy votes instead of winning them. But political corruption isn’t just about election rigging. When…
THERE are at least four kinds of leadership. They are leadership by instruction, leadership by initiative, leadership by sacrifice and leadership by compromise. 1. Leadership by instruction Is about depending on others to tell you what to do; little of what is called brainstorming by oneself. Putting it quite crudely, leadership that is commonly understood…
The current status of the National Referral Hospital reflects the kind of Health System we have in the country. The National Referral Hospital is not a new issue, but one that continues to be debated year after year. The National Referral hospital is just like any other employer. It has its own culture and work…
GRML was wrong all a long… The abandonment by Gold Ridge Mining Ltd (GRML) of their investment in Solomon Islands comes as no surprise to most critical observers. St Barbara, the owners of GRML, came into the Solomons two years or so ago, with an ill-conceived concept of how to operate in a developing nation.…
Everyone has a downside in life. But it is advisable not to dwell on your weaker side of life when you want to make that leap in life. The feeling you’ll get if you do so is discouragement. That brought to my mind one question, should I point someone in the eye to tell him…
It appears that the Hon Sogavare has become more forgiving and forgetting, based on Radio New Zealand International reports about the appointment of another Australian as Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police after the debacle of the expulsion of the last Australian Police Commissioner, Shane Castle. This might be considered to be pragmatic, given…
Uncertainties arising from the Ukraine and Middle East conflicts with their likely upward impact on commodity prices are causing worries to policy makers. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest wheat exporting countries; and the Middle East is the area on which the world depends for oil supply. What is the safe level for foreign…
THIS is the fifth of the ‘One another” sayings in the New Testament, “Do Not Slander One Another” (James 4:11, 12). Let me begin with a story about a family living in a small town in North Dakota: The mother had not been well since the birth of her second baby, but everyone knew she…
They said nothing good would ever come out of East Fataleka … development or otherwise. So much so that after a series of mishaps involving Asian and local loggers, even they have decided to keep away from the area. But one group, rather two, have set out to prove the critics wrong. In the last two…