Private View (360)
- 23
- Mar
Today more than 85% of the Solomon Islands live in rural area that include in the 3.3 billion people live in rural areas around the world. Rural development is therefore of vital significance if the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – "a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity" – is to become reality.
- 21
- Mar
Shortly before the then deputy prime minister forced Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s hand to push me to jump ship last July, I had a number of visits by displaced or aggrieved employees of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA).
- 18
- Mar
Rising inequality threatens to derail, from the start, successful implementation of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific region. Stronger, more equitable social protection will be critical in overcoming these challenges.
- 17
- Mar
I usually remain inconclusive on a question – Is the Solomon Islands a rich country or a poor country? I can say, it’s rich, but it’s poor too, or, the Solomon Islands is as a rich country of deprived people. Let me explain, why?
- 09
- Mar
NEW YORK, (UN NEWS CENTRE) ---- As a boy growing up in post-war Korea, I remember asking about a tradition I observed: women going into labour would leave their shoes at the threshold and then look back in fear.
- 26
- Feb
IT is very worrying to follow and learn the undertakings of the Nende Resources Development Association’s (NRDA) and their fight over the registered land LR616 and LR716.
- 26
- Feb
I WISH to respond to Gabriel Talokwai’s letter which was published in your paper on 8 February 2016.
- 26
- Feb
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.
- 11
- Feb
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.
- 11
- Feb
ALL indigenous Solomon Islanders have a village to call home. We are very fortunate for this blessing.
