He came in yesterday morning just to thank me. “Thank you for raising the concerns which we have been trying to disclose but we never got through even with our government officials,” he said. “The logging activities on Parcel Nos.…
DEPUTY Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had a go at his boss on the floor of Parliament two days ago, accusing him of ignoring his brief for the recent Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea That brief,…
Though our country might be relatively peaceful, to some, peace is more than just the absence of war. Peace is to be able to live each day knowing there will always be food on the table for our family, that…
I have written several articles about the importance of planning – we fail to plan, we plan to fail. Yet the reality is that many small businesses do not plan – why is that? What are the challenges associated with…
BENJAMIN Afuga, the Man Of The Year, an award accorded him by Robert Iroga’s magazine, started the Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) some years ago, boasting thousands of members. But a falling out between him and his Vice President over…
THE article is, yet another attempt to provide alternative observation to the debate on leadership change in Solomon Islands. The focus is premised on the question, Will the new SIDCCG leadership bring change to SI? The article concluded that our…
IT is an intriguing mystery – why the flood lights at Henderson International Airport – were not turned on at the time a private jet carrying Russian nationals arrived in Honiara on Monday evening. As a matter of fact I…
By Alfred Sasako WE have truly entered into a new territory, which gives our young people little hope for the future. At a time when our young people should be up on their feet looking for new opportunities, their hopes…
It’s a great year 2018 is. No matter where one looks, there are “smokes” indicating there are fires out there. Fires that must be extinguished or it would consume us. Fire is good. It is a tool to help us…
DEAR EDITOR, your competitor on Thursday November 9, 2017 carried a letter in the Letter’s to the Editor’s column titled, “Sasako and his trumpet”. I have always thought that Andrew Radclyffe is a lawyer until I read it. Now I…
