DEAR EDITOR, Our beloved country SI is made up of islands that make up the 9 Provinces. The 9 Provinces also consist of people of different colours, languages, and customs….Very diverse country indeed. While anyone going abroad can say they are from the Solomon Islands, when asked, domestically people maintain/identify themselves with their home village/island/Province.…
DEAR EDITOR, Aristotle who was one of the renowned Greek Philosopher said man is by nature a political animal. That is why today it is not surprised to point out that politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. Is it because in politics, nothing moves unless…
Take it easy four years is not enough We have more plans and ripping to be done That to rip this nation we need an extension For the last four years we have rip and rip That everyone knows the strategy to lead is to serve Personal interest and that of the cronies Just the…
VOTERS and people of both Choiseul and Western Provinces will now have to wait until December 14th 2022 before they can elect their next provincial leaders through a much anticipated provincial elections. This comes after the election date has been deferred. Under the Provincial Government regulations provincial elections should have occurred a day after the…
THANKS, but no thanks. That seems to be the response by voters everywhere to the proposed extension of the 11th Parliament by 12 months. Extension they say is not justified. Election they say must be held next year. Period. The story is the same – everywhere. All over Solomon Islands. Now sensing potential defeat, the…
We sincerely share grievance with the rest of East Guadalcanal Provincial business owners, Private or Communal, home stays out there, bungalows, Tavanipupu Tourist Island Resort, World Vision, health sectors & the travelling Public at large as we all are equally denied of the required Air services, by the Solomon Airlines Executive in its 7th months…
DEAR EDITOR, Can I ask the bemobile management to do something about their top-up services via BSP mobile banking. It seems that over the past weeks the service has been down affecting many of its customers in the provinces that depend on BSP to top-up their credit to make calls and access internet. Its very…
COMMENTARY Most Solomon Islanders vote for the candidate who they think will be most likely to help them personally, or help their family (and maybe help their community). For most voters national politics and policy are not something they think much about when they vote. This is so because of corruption infiltrating our electoral system.…
DEAE EDITOR, A recent post on Solomon Forestry Association (SFA) has attracted a huge debate from the public. SFA as it is known controls almost everything about the whole logging industry in Solomon Islands for years. It is chaired by a foreigner (logger) and pretty much controls the pricing (determined price) which is very low…
DEAR EDITOR, Someone just asked this big time question and it deserves our time and effort given the significant resources involved. Thanks to the on-going work by the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) to have the Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) subject to proper financial management system and have in place performance…