INTERNET access is essential in today’s hyper-connected world, and is particularly important for students perusing higher education at the university level. Broadband connectivity is transforming traditional education and improving instruction through more engaging, interactive coursework. The ability to easily access that content, and engage on social networks, has dramatically escalated the demand for high-quality internet…
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The shipping industry could undermine global climate efforts. But Pacific islands and EU nations are joining together to force them to change. THE international shipping sector sits outside the Paris climate agreement, yet it is a significant and growing source of carbon emissions. Unless it is controlled, shipping will undermine all our national efforts to…
This planet flying slowly towards flattery Aiming to take a worse battery in gender based violence Global governments doing their part to reduce them While in reality its the beer thats contributes to worsening The beer that increases their wealth at the expense of the poor Last week the news was worse A man…
Published here is the speech former Attorney General JULIAN MOTI delivered at the launch of the book “Redeeming Moti” in Fiji last Thursday. Australian journalist Dr Susan Merrell wrote the book, which provides many answers to insistent questions that have previously gone begging in the controversial ____Moti Saga____. Luckily for all of you and happily…
I AM obliged to reply Rodney Taraha’s statement in this column regarding the delivery of the Northwest Guadalcanal Constituency women’s project that Mr Taraha also referred to as cheap donation. Geographically, the Northwest Guadalcanal Constituency (NWGC) is one of the biggest constituencies on Guadalcanal with a total voter registration of almost 6,000(5982) in the last…
THIS is a momentous occasion in the history of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF); major milestone in the re-building and resurrecting of the RSIPF. In 2003, the Government, with the help of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) and the National Peace Council, stripped the police force of its weapons. As…
To you the Eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, to whom all power, wisdom, authority and dominion derives its name, we call upon you to witness this great occasion. We quote from your divine constitution that, unless the Lord builds the Nation, its builders labour in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the Nation,…
SINCE Solomon Islands gain its independence on 7th July 1978 few developments are taking place that many are unaware of, these are the efforts made by very small collection of few expatriates with the collection of Solomon Islanders who have decided that they will betray this Nation for fees. Together they form organization to feed…
I RISE to contribute briefly to the debate on the 2016 Appropriation Bill 2017 on behalf of the Parliamentary Opposition Group and my Constituency of Hograno/Kia/Havulei. Mr Speaker, in so doing let me first of all thank my good friend the Minister of Finance and Treasury for tabling the 2016 Appropriation Bill 2017. I also…