DEAR EDITOR, we read in the local newspapers last week the story told by journalists who had returned to Honiara after making a visit to Luaniua in the Ontong Java region of the remote Malaita Outer Islands (MOI). The story…

DEAR EDITOR, the europhia of excitement draws its curtain down on the registration process. Never before you’ll feel and witness the excitement that surrounds the process. Amid this, there is something cynical hanging in the air – kind of eerie,…

DEAR EDITOR, yesterday it was reported that the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the RSIPF successfully carried out a ‘Render Safe Procedure’ with the removal of an un-exploded WW II shell that was considered uncommon and never before found…

DEAR EDITOR, tourism is an increasingly important sector for the Solomon Island and, reportedly, arrivals were up in the last quarter. Recent cruise visitors to Gizo were said to have been captivated by the beauty of the place. Tourism growth…

DEAR EDITOR, for many people dreaming of a Robinson Crusoe lifestyle or a long wished for holiday on a Pacific atoll, spending time on Lord Howe atoll in Solomon Islands waters would seem to be the answer to their long…

DEAR EDITOR, further factual reporting has emerged of the impacts of climate change and how many Solomon Island coastal communities are struggling to cope with sea water intrusion and loss of food crops. The latest report, on Tuesday’s Island Sun…

DEAR EDITOR, an article in yesterday’s Island Sun newspaper cited that one of the main villages in Lord Howe Island had been without a health centre for almost two years and, allegedly, the lack of a health centre had been…

DEAR EDITOR, in once more writing in furthering my concern for the plight of the unemployed youth in the Solomon Islands and, without in any way wanting to be seen as interfering in local and external politics concerning the working…

DEAR EDITOR, if you are in Honiara, take a walk down to one of the two bridges that links the east bank to the west bank of the Matanikau River: take a good look and capture the natural beauty of…

DEAR EDITOR, the seemingly intractable problem of youth unemployment in the Solomon Islands must be resolved quickly and by all means possible. Next year the Solomon Islands will have a general election and whichever political party or coalition of parties…