The Helena Goldie Hospital located at Munda in the beautiful Western Province of the Solomon Islands was established in 1903 by the generous support of caring people, at home and overseas, and run as a church-owned health care service in agreement with the Western Provincial Health Service. The hospital looks after 15 clinics within Zone…
Dear Editor – Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela in his New Year message to the people of the Solomon Islands advised everyone to be positive about tomorrow despite the many challenges the country faced in 2017. The PM was essentially referring to the difficulty the country had faced in the past year in meeting the desired…
Dear Editor – Stealing is synonymous to thieving or robbing. The Noah Webster Dictionary defined stealing as: Taking the goods of another feloniously or to take and carry away feloniously, as the personal goods of another (paraphrased). Webster went on to explain what constitute stealing or theft as; the taking must be felonious, that is,…
Dear Editor – The existence of poor infrastructure such as poor state of road and the costly poorly bus service experienced currently in Honiara indicated very clearly that this very important ministry, MID, is no longer performing its role. This ministry has an obligation to provide and improve transport infrastructure and services for the people…
Dear Editor – Just a personal observation and the views here are without prejudice as they say in the legal fraternity and more. Recently featured in your paper and other media outlets, there’s a campaign going on for gender equality. At the outset, I must say that I am 100% in supporting gender equality. No…
Dear Editor – I write in reply to Mr John Aonima’s letter to the editor published in the Solomon Star on 22nd November, 2017 regarding the above subject. The fact of the matter regarding these accusations by Mr Aonima is that in its entirety, he has swayed from the facts and has not even done…
Dear Editor – I was very excited when my plans to go home after a decade, for festive holidays last year, turns out positive. My children were all excited and knowing that we will be in Auki, Malaita in just two hours onboard Express Pelican, it was a travel worth looking forward to. We tucked…
Dear Editor – I write to convey our congratulation to Hon. Rick Hou on his election to be the PM for Solomon islands. In his inaugural speech to the nation as the nation’s elected PM, Mr Hou reiterated his commitment to serve Solomon islands and its people with honesty and integrity. His commitment to honesty…
Dear Editor – The MP for small Malaita is now our new Prime Minister. Congratulations Alaha for given the duty to navigate our destiny for the next 10 months. As it is now, delivery of services is what the people this nation deserve.You can be somebody with wealth of experiences and academic tickets but if…
Dear Editor – Radio New Zealand International yesterday, 15 November 2017, focused on the new Solomon Islands Prime Minister. This is a précis of the RNZI news bulletin. “The new Solomon Islands prime minister Rick Hou says one of his new government’s priorities is to restore basic services to rural areas. “The former Central Bank…