Dear Editor – Whilst not siding with any parties regarding issues debated by Grant David (Sunday Star 19 October 2014) on above I am obliged to state the truth. The 23 Malaysian doctors stated by David and that they were invited by Dr Rodgers were both incorrect. They were Filipino doctors. They were not invited…
Dear Editor – I have seen displayed in your Monday 20th October 2014 issue, the illustration of the process along which voting would be done. I have noticed that this process does not match the whole intention of conducting the completed nation-wide BVR process. This is because of the situation where the use of finger-print…
Dear Editor – People’s Progressive Party (PPP) wishes to thank Sam Seda for his shared opinion in Sunday Star on “Malaita and developments on Malaita” Island. Thanks brother Sam, and be rest assured that you can have our support to your call, because that is the fact and the crux and the gist of the…
Dear Editor – There’s been a lot of good news and some bad as well about NPF in the newspapers lately. As a member, I am excited that the NPF Board in their wisdom have come up with lots of exciting investment plans for the fund. Whilst I may not be able to reap some…
Dear Editor – Please publish this letter expressing my disappointment in Telekom TV for not broadcasting the rugby match between the All Blacks and Wallabies last Saturday. I am sure many rugby and sports fans in Solomon Islands must have been disappointed too for missing such an exciting spectacle. Previously Telekom TV has been quite…
Dear Editor – I wish to share with the nation some of my concerns. Of course the caption might jolt you with its paradoxical connotation. And the opposite is what I would opt to see happened if common sense and the common good take their rightful places. The terminal economic report that the economy is…
Dear Editor – May I express my views on contradicting news item headlines over the SIBC in the recent days, regarding the sacking of the permanent secretary of finance and treasury ministry. One would have thought that after having served this nation with distinction all these years in the finance ministry –only at the eleventh…
THE Central of Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) Board has rejected a banking license to the fifth applicant. Governor Denton Rarawa made the announcement following rumours the regulator rejected to issue a banking license to the latest applicant. “You might be aware that CBSI has rejected an application for a banking license. I want to…
Chairman of the land owning group of Lomlom airport, Luke Paul has questioned why the government continues to delay the opening of the Lomlom airport. Speaking to the Solomon star this week, he said people of Reef islands are urging the national government open the airport, the sooner the better. He said with the end…
Gizo, the centre of Western Province came to a standstill this week as Caretaker Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo returned to his constituency to seek his peoples’ consent to represent them in parliament for the fourth term. Reports from Gizo said the response was resounding and overwhelming with more than 200 people showed up to…