Dear Editor – I wish to quote Joe Murphy writing in the Evening Standard in the UK which said poor countries must have fair access to coronavirus vaccines the UK’s Foreign Secretary has said. Speaking to the Evening Standard, the Foreign Secretary said the UK will put “global health at the forefront” when Boris Johnson…
Dear Editor – This may be of interest to your readers and the nation. Tech News released news over the weekend that Facebook will no longer recommend politics-themed groups to users, says Mark Zuckerberg Facebook would also reduce political content in users’ main news feeds as part of a push “to turn down the temperature…
Dear Editor – It was reported that the Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani has thanked the Fataleka Housing Scheme for responding positively to a request for a clinic staff house in Ward 5 in West Fataleka, Malaita Province. It was reported that Member of Parliament (MP) for Fataleka Rex Ramofafia has donated building materials, which…
Dear Editor – Grateful if space is allowed to convey the above-said matter to “Amazing Lilo” (Former Hon. GD Lilo). You are a newcomer to the constituency of Central Honiara. Yet in most or every ward in Central Honiara, you have a number. Being new and have that number is amazing. It shows you have…
Dear Editor– Saturday 21st marked the end of 2020 by-election for Central Honiara and North East Guadalcanal. It marked the end of a period that culminated in two months of intense campaigning. In the heated battles, parties clung to strategies they calculated would woo the important component in the election process — the voters. However,…
Dear Editor – The Government’s determination to ban Facebook in the Solomon Islands is rather bemusing. On the one hand, it is true that a ban will not curb our people’s fundamental freedom of expression as provided for in our Constitution. But on the other hand a ban may unnecessarily cause hardship to many of…
Dear Editor – The decision by Solomon Islands’ Cabinet to ban Facebook is said to be legally wrong and I expect the decision to be challenged. The argument made by the prime minister and his communications minister is that it has been a platform for people to ‘abuse political leaders.’ I have some sympathy for…
Supposed to be the face Understandably that’s the ace Much more better than the rest Over and over the globe She comes from America Europe Africa and the rest It is all the thrill and the feel Associated with her beauty and face That all men sleeps less and less The children and…
Dear Editor – My hearty congratulations to Edwin Babanisi on qualifying for a law degree. The Solomon Islands has created history by producing a first-ever visually impaired (blind) person to have graduated with a Bachelor of Law in the South Pacific. Edwin Babanisi from Shortlands in Western Province and Makira recently graduated from the University…
Dear Editor – The call from the President of the HRUA in light of the Rugby saga that was currently hit up in Honiara and discussed in other media platforms is highly commended and worth taken note of. As a rugby player and fan, I strongly believe that we need each other to support and…