Seasonal worker scheme

Dear Editor – With reference to a letter to editor by John Manunue of Kirakira regarding Seasonal worker scheme in your Friday 11 March 2016 issue. The Labour Mobility Unit (LMU) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & External Trade wishes to inform Mr.Manunue that the list that published in the media was for the…

Public Service

Dear Editor – Who is optimistic to tell to the Prime Minister and the people of Solomon Islands that every single village in up on mountains down in deep valleys and atolls are all equally provided with public  and social services? The Solomon Islands is now 37 years from independence what is the transparency of…

PMO’s sexual claims

Dear Editor – What is the current status of investigations, if any, into the recent allegations of sexual harassment against the SSPM? Meanwhile, it would seem that he is still in office having just returned from a private trip to Australia where he denied having assumed the alias of “Bart MV” on facebook! Yet immediately…

Vanikoro police arrests

Dear Editor – Firstly I want to maintain that the police arrests done during the logging dispute in Vanikoro was unprofessional. Secondly the writer of the article, Benjamin Tua and his grandfather are settlers on Vanikoro during the first logging operates of the 1930s Benjamin Tua’s grandfather came from the Polynesian otters of the Reef…

Vehicle smoke a silent killer

Dear Editor – Please allow me space to express my concern on vehicles with excessive thick black smoke in Honiara town. Excessive exhaust emission is a silent killer and is becoming a real problem to our country and environment. Most people think only the food we consume can get us sick. But our air pollution…

Drink driving

Dear Editor – This problem of drink and drive is a real problem in the city. And this leads to high numbers of accidents on our roads. Yesterday there was an accident involving two cars. And most of these accidents do happen during the weekends when people are under the influence of alcohol. Therefore something…

Hope FM

Dear Editor – I’m a keen listener of this Hope FM. For months now, this station could not be heard. I wonder what has happened to the service. Please responsible authorities. Can you enlighten us as to why this station is not up and running. This is because we love to hear the lotu songs…

Deteriorating logs

Dear Editor -I read with interest about an article published in your paper on the 27th of February 2016, which titled “PS clarifies issue of deteriorating logs.” The PS of the Ministry of Forest explained that 25,000 cubic metres of round logs at Noaone log pond in West Rennell was being issued a seizure notice…