DEAR EDITOR, a recent article published in the Island Sun newspaper this week, told of 14 health workers from the National Referral Hospital (NRH) having just graduated under the Sydney Children Hospital Programme which has enabled them to boost their…
DEAR EDITOR, with an eye always open for better opportunities for the Solomon Islands, I was pleased to read a news bulletin from Radio New Zealand today, Monday, August 6, 2018. The context of the news release related to the…
DEAR EDITOR, last week, the Hon. Prime Minister, Rick Hou, warmly welcomed the increased funding by the New Zealand Government under the Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme. The New Zealand high commissioner to Solomon Islands, H.E. Don Higgins, presented a…
DEAR EDITOR, last week when speaking to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation the Hon Prime Minister Rick Hou reportedly said the fact that ordinary Solomon Islanders had not benefited from the economic growth the country had enjoyed over the last…
DEAR EDITOR, through your column I wish to acknowledge the recent 2018 Loloma Foundation Medical Mission to The Russell and Florida Islands. The Bilikiki became the ‘mobile clinic’, for volunteers from Solomon Islands, the US and Australia providing free dental,…
DEAR EDITOR, the intention of this article is to get the attention of the concern ministry to strengthen its provincial agencies, specifically MEA. Firstly, absenteeism among MEA officers is alarming. Some EA officers rarely attend to their duties but only…
DEAR EDITOR, recently I wrote a letter to your newspaper with the title, “The essential steps to better democracy, trust and progress in the Solomon Islands,” and you were kind enough to have considered it for publication. The letter, in…
DEAR EDITOR, this is a response to the media statement by the acting police commissioner titled ‘come forward with evidence’. Relatives of the person that burnt the police ray-boat and 40Hp engine at Karie village, East Wainoni, San Cristobal on…
DEAR EDITOR, New Zealand Foreign Minister, Hon. Winston Peters, has said the world is beginning to understand how crucial stability is in the Pacific. Quoting extracts from a late news bulletin broadcast last night, Tuesday, 31 July 2018, by Radio…
DEAR EDITOR, last week the acting Honiara City Mayor, Eddie Ngava, called on all members of Parliament to step in and render support in what was a national issue concerning the ongoing medical drugs shortages at the NRH and clinics.…
