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…
Category: Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, the final frontier
No doubt anyone who passionately loves their country will believe it is the best place in the world. But I suppose the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau got it right when they said Solomon Islands was the “Islands lost in time”. This is the final frontier, one of the last places…
Making a vision, a mission
Solomon Islands is unfortunate to be caught in a place it would hardly want to be found in. It is lagging behind the developed world while at the same time, it is not impoverished as some may be led to believe. It is a difficult position to be found in….
Sapphires have definitely broken new grounds.
What had started as an ambitious school project in 2002 has blossomed into a music phenomena that has produced four albums and broken new grounds, set the highest standards in music in the Solomon Islands. I heard of Sapphire Singers back in 2002 and their first DVD production was already…
The browser war, Internet Explorer out paces Firefox
The browser war was already well and truly at its peak when I came onto the web development scene. The statistics that I have seen on Google Analytics have shown that Microsoft has won this war in the Solomon Islands, hands down. But what do these statistics tell me as…
PICISOC Elections 2009
The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society, PICISOC, is now holding its elections for new members to its board. The Chapter is looking to elect 7 members to take PICISOC forward. The format of election will see the top four candidates being elected onto the baord for 2 years…