Dear Editor – It was revealed that MP for North Malaita (To’abaita) Constituency was one of the recipients of Solomon Islands Government (SIG) shipping grant in December last year. Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) exposed the timely information which appeared in Solomon Star edition No. 5420, dated 4th February 2014. SIG had paid a total…
There are simply too many ships fishing within Fiji waters for too little tuna stocks. This was the message Radhika Kumar, a representative of the Fiji Tuna Boat Owners Association who was a panelist at last week’s public lecture on Fiji’s tuna industry. Kumar, who is also the general manager of Solander Pacific Limited,…
Dear Editor – Thanks for giving me the opportunity. Today I would like to raise the issue of food and exercise. Food has always been a centre of our life. Eating although a necessity can also be vied as a recreation – something we do in leisure time or pleasure. Holiday feasts cocktail parties and…
Dear Editor – Please allow me space to seek help from our RDB, and the provincial executive. Having read your paper on Friday morning, (Sol star) I was really impressed with the report of another ship/boat for the IDC of Isabel Province. Realizing how much benefits will goes to the people of this particular province,…
Dear Editor – Many are called but only a few were selected to continue their further studies abroad, let alone the below mark and the failed ones. The action taken by the responsible authority to choose only the best students to go for further training is a move in the right direction and for the…
A cruise ship could be brought in if enough accommodation can not be found when Samoa hosts the Small Island Developing States conference in September. It will be one of the biggest events ever stage in the region with over 3000 delegates and media. The conference is being held to focus on issues such…
Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) president Moses Stevens from Vanuatu, is in for his third term as the PINA president. During its Annual General Meeting at Koniambo, in New Caledonia’s northern Province, acting PINA secretariat manager Makereta Komai said from the advice of their lawyers, Stevens and his deputy Michael Jackson, from Niue, had to…
Dear Editor – Now that the arguments about Mr Moti’s claim for compensation had stopped for a while, I wish to raise some points concerning Mr Moti’s appointment to the past of the Attorney General. I have no legal background at all, but when I looked through relevant section of the Solomon Islands Constitution I…
Nautilus Minerals Limited which is currently operating the world’s first Sea Bed Mining in Papua New Guinea has announced, it is terminating its agreement with the State of PNG. The government is understood to be aware and the Mining Minister Byron Chan could not be reached for comment. A statement released by the company…
Dear Editor – I was brought up as child in the 70’s in the rural area. There are three things which I first sensed during those childhood days which serviced me and is still servicing the people today. They are a clinic, water supply and a school. These are very important infrastructure I don’t know…