SOLOMON Star has a national agenda. It is one for peaceful co-existence, regardless of where you come from in our beloved Solomon Islands. To suggest otherwise as someone is always inclined to do is a figment of imagination, fact twisting and pedalling of lies. Since its inception in 1982, Solomon Star and its reporters have…
On the face of it is good news indeed. Australia, which under the John Howard’s Liberal Government had slammed the door shut on the seasonal workers’ scheme a few years ago, is opening up. Mr. Howard was correct in his reason for the position he took. It would, he said at the time create a…
THE message from Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is clear. Get your jab now before its too late! Because COVID-19 is a deadly killer. Everyone of us should make no mistake about it. Early this week the Prime Minister reiterated the message that the best way to protect ourselves, our families, and communities from this deadly…
Dear Editor – I generally go on line everyday to read the published Solomon Islands newspapers but cannot always agree with what is published, but there again living outside the country I do not have all the facts to make a reasoned judgment of the stories circulated. I also steer clear of politics in what…
Dear Editor – I was focusing my thoughts on the development needs of Malaita Province and thinking in particular of the long promised but still awaiting Bina Harbour projects, especially the fisheries project and the processing factory for canning locally grown pineapples. In the process of researching the health benefits of pineapples, I came across…
Dear Editor – I refer to the above title which was the front page article of the Island Sun newspaper of Saturday 12th June 2021. In the article at page 2 of your paper, Deo of AIPF referred to “The client in Naha (aka Robert Lesson) in the social media.” The same article may have also…
On the matter of the One Link $300,000.00 missing in Police Custody TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands calls for the application of the law of this country across the Board. More and more citizens of this country are witnessing the law being applied selectively and to people not in positions of power or working in the Public…
Dear Editor – I write to express my profound concern on the manner some customs and cultures in Solomon Islands treat girls as though they are only good as house and/or home keepers without any exemplary means to recognise and encourage them of their rights to education. Solomon Islands is one amongst the many countries…
Dear Editor – As one of the senior citizen of Honiara city, I did continue to follow through the various happenings surrounding the operations of HCC under the leadership of the outgoing mayor until to date. First of all, I would like to thank my friend Aloden John for raising this same issue in the…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) as do other concerned citizens of Solomon Islands urges the government not to leave the youths hanging in the air, unemployed looking for any opportunities of employment and where they could access the information, they need to present their plight constructively to the government. It is the observation amongst the youth…