LAST week, we discussed about fear of devaluation of Fiji dollar. This week our focus is on the fear of appreciation of Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s currency, the kina. Under a fixed exchange rate regime, the Fiji dollar can be up-valued or devalued only by central bank. PNG has a floating exchange rate regime under…
DEAR EDITOR – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I wonder if happiness too is in the heart of its beholder. If a person is asked to define happiness probably the best he could say or do is find a synonym of this particular word. Happiness is not a verb to be defined;…
DEAR EDITOR – “Silence is golden” so the saying goes. How true that is, is farfetched to prove. But this is a good virtue to embrace. Unfortunately it will be naive to ascribe to such a virtue if you are a leader of some sort in the society or community in which you live or…
MALAITA will be the first province in the country to have its very own magazine when it is officially launched next week. The Malaita Star magazine, a product of leading newspaper company the Solomon Star will on the 19th of this month launch this product which features news, features articles and business advertisements from the…
A call to all Primary School sports masters and teachers in and around Honiara has been made to discuss plans to stage a Mini World Cup to coincide with the main world event. There will be a meeting for all the interested primary schools and soccer school of excellence to attend. Patrick Miniti said the…
WITH the FIFA World Cup in Brazil just around the corner, Auki town is already lit up with the hype of the worldwide and biggest sporting event on the planet. People can be seen wearing the colors of their favorite soccer nations, pasting stickers on their vehicles; some even have their hair cuts as their…
The Our Telekom 60 Kilometres road relay has successfully ended on Monday. The road relay was part of the Makira Banana Festival. The race started at Kirakira to Wairaha River near the Tikopian Settlement of Nukukaisi and back to Kirakira. Each team consist of seven members and each member runs 4 kilometres and pass on…
The International Rugby Board has thrown its weight behind a proposed first Test for New Zealand in the Pacific Islands as support for the fixture continues to grow. With New Zealand Rugby Union boss Steve Tew admitting recently that a Test in the Islands is increasingly close to becoming a reality, with Samoa the likely…
Just days away from the kick-off of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the “best values of sport” – teamwork, fair play and mutual respect – as the United Nations today joined the international fervour that accompanies the games, even getting its normally staid diplomats out of suits and ties…
Corruption can be eradicated and reduced in the country if all citizens seriously take up the responsibility to phase it out. Corruption is like a viral disease in reality and people just cannot accept that it exist, a challenging notion to fight. Inclusive responsibility is pertinent to fight against issues from the public sector to…