DEAR EDITOR, Through the columns of your widely circulated daily newspaper I would like to raise my concern over public transport buses running short bus routes within our town. This issue has caused the public to face a problem in relation to the overcrowding of rail users at the main bus stops in the town,…
DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me to say something that has been affecting people who live in Honiara for more than decades. One can tell that there are new technologies advancing every year and I believe there are new inventory for water systems that may help solve problem of water being turned off when it is…
THE recent land case victory by the Commissioner of Lands, Alan McNeil, over two Asians who obtained a strip of land near the Honiara International Airport in East Honiara through fraudulent means should send a clear message to others planning to obtain land through any corrupt dealings. The court has ruled that the duo have…
DEAR EDITOR, Just recently last week I went to the Honiara Central Market. I was on my way to catch a bus at Naha Kola bustop when I heard someone screaming. At that time, I was on the scene and saw a young lady, so I asked the lady what had happened to her. She…
DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me to say something that has been affecting people who live in Honiara for more than decades. One can tell that there are new technologies advancing every year and I believe there are new inventory for water systems that may help solve problem of water being turned off when it is…
DEAR EDITOR, A son once said, “I’ll go one better than my father-when we’ve lived a million years, we won’t have begun yet because eternity has no beginning and has no end. This boy has operated on his father’s seemingly deformed speech which goes like this, “In the hereafter, we’ll live with perfect bodies and…
Dear Editor, Please me a space in your editors column to drop down some of my views about the Now former Comptroller of Customs and Excise Division. It was very interesting and funny to read the email the Comptroller of Customs has sent to his work colleagues, thanking them for the good job they have…
Dear Editor, WITH a profound sense of respect and through its cooperation with FSM or any other Pacific Island country, I am taking the liberty as a common Pacific islander to respond to your letter dated 9th March 2023. The accusation of China of “political warfare” and “Grey Zone activities” is unfounded and baseless which…
Dear Editor, The Government has designated the 2023 South Pacific Games “The Green Games”. We need hundreds more trees to achieve this, yet not only are there no trees being planted, but also palms on the median strip have been cut down and large trees continue to be cut down. If the government has a…
IT’S good to hear that the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration is working hard to improve passport services. This comes after the delay in the printing of passports which caused so much frustration amongst Solomon Islanders, especially those wanting to go for seasonal work in Australia and New Zealand.…