DEAR EDITOR, quoting from an article written by Kate Kelland and published by Reuters in September this year.  “ Scientists have succeeded in wiping out a population of caged mosquitoes in laboratory experiments using a type of genetic engineering known…

DEAR EDITOR, New Zealand Charity Trust, ‘Take My Hands’ has been announced a finalist in the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards 2018 I feel sure readers of this story in the Solomon Islands will be pleased to know that my…

DEAR EDITOR, “Farmers in Samoa are celebrating sending the first shipment of ripe bananas to New Zealand in over 50 years. “Samoa’s agriculture minister Lopao’o Natanielu Mu’a is the driving force behind the scheme in which farmers grow Jewish bananas…

DEAR EDITOR, last week, the Speaker of the National Parliament, Ajilon Jasper Nasiu, spoke on the history of the Youth Parliament and how participation in such a forum provided youths with an opportunity to express their ideas and to widen…

DEAR EDITOR, last month I had the pleasure with catching up with an old friend and one who rendered considerable help to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force during the early years following my appointment as the Commissioner of Police…

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the above said subject matter at page 2 of your paper issue No 3036 dated Wed 17 Oct 2018. It says that the Government plans to ban imported rice because “…the government believes eating rice…

DEAR EDITOR, according to a recent article published in the Island Sun newspaper and from which I quote. “The Office of the Auditor-General has conducted a Performance Audit on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies. This was in…

DEAR EDITOR, the elections are coming up and as a member of the Shortlands Constituency I wish to raise the following questions to the current Member of Parliament with regard to constituency matters and funds that are channelled through him…

DEAR EDITOR, a quote I believe people of all ages in the Solomon Islands should consider while striving to increase their own health and quality of life and that of their loved ones. We have all been pre-occupied and worried…

DEAR EDITOR, the National Referral Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr John Hue said, recently, the country’s top causes for blindness and visual impairment is cataracts. He said, “The top causes of blindness and visual impairment in the Solomon Islands in the…