The Solomon Islands National Provident Fund, SINPF, has obviously felt the impact of the global downturn. After a whopping 18% increment across the board for its member contributions in the last financial year, it has released a somewhat modest increment this year. The global recession or the Our Telekom strike…
Category: Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Some very honest opinion
I hope I am not mad but I now scour the Internet everyday looking for the latest news and anything I can find of interest about the Solomon Islands. Since I have been working on a social networking site, I decided to look for blogs about or by Solomon Islanders….
Feed-a-tastic | A rant on RSS
I have always known about RSS feeds although I had always preferred the old fashioned ‘look it up yourself’. But with my continual work on Lifhaus, I felt I needed to add RSS feeds onto Lifhaus. I was of the opinion that our two leading newspapers would have RSS enabled…
Traffic rules weren’t meant to be broken
I have always wondered what would become of young Solomon Islanders and if the government is seriously looking at addressing the potential hazards associated with a burgeoning youthful population with limited opportunities. Just the other day as I was driving down the main street of Honiara; I spot this startling…
Happy Birthday: You are 31
Just in case you were wondering; it isn’t my birthday but its a birthday with a slight hint of significance. Solomon Islands just turned 31. We attained independence on July 7th 1978. Here we are 31 years later and some of us are still grappling with the significance of independence….
UN Updates: The story so far
It has been a while since I have last written about the UN NCRE. Nothing much has developed over the last few months but as I have said, that was to be expected. While patiently waiting, I have been busy working on a few projects that I am excited about….