I hardly comment on politics but from time to time, I do. At this crucial time when rumours of another political “grass-hopping” is dominating discussions on social media, it may be appropriate to share some alternate views on the way forward. Tweet
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Solomon Politics
I spy with my two little eyes….
I vaguely remember playing this game, “I spy with my two little eyes and I see a brown circle with 2 dots.” Everyone would make an attempt to guess what you had spied. I am also too familiar with the fights that followed, or the conning that ensues because someone…
A national conversation, the road to an ICT Policy
Thanks to the Head of the Policy Evaluation Unit at the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr. Ashley Wickham, I was invited to the ICT stakeholder’s meeting to discuss the draft paper prepared by Professor Martin Hadlow of the University of Queensland in collaboration with Dr. Gordon Nanau of the Solomon Islands…
Uni failure is reflection of a failed system
Two weeks ago the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development issued a strongly worded news item that seemingly blamed culture shock, a laxity in attitude and aptitude, money and excessive socialisation as the leading causes of the high failure rate of Solomon Islanders studying at the University of the…
Can we hope for a better future?
A few months ago, I briefly followed news from the US on its election of the first Hispanic Justice on the US Supreme, and I ask myself – does Solomon Island’s have hope for the future? In the light of public criticism over perks for our parliamentarians and continual absence…
Who returns best value for money?
Today’s Solomon Star screamed “Whose Highly Paid”. There was no doubt that some parliamentarians would top the list, it was a question of how much. Again the Solomon Islands Public Employees Union, SIPEU, should be dismayed to learn that a minister of the crown takes home $360,000 per month. That…