Letters to the Editor

Border restrictions

By Allan T. from Western Province
To the Editor: I am worried we will not be able to stop the virus from coming to our country. I know the border is a very hard place to monitor the movement of people. The area is too big to monitor,...

Covid 19

By Jan Pana from Port Germein, South Australia
Solomons has been wise to lock down early. Watching what has, and is happening across the Western world, despite the obvious advantages and expertise, is both tragic and heartbreaking. And now in PNG;...

Travel bubble

By JS Cole from La Cañada Flintridge, Los Angeles, USA
To the Editor: What is the latest on the proposed travel bubble? Been reading several coverage online, but all seems to be plans, nothing concrete. Here's an idea, have one of your many islands set...

Sick rapist!

By Tanya Ilia from Central Honiara
I am sick and tired of reading rape cases, and this one about the father raping his daughter is disgusting! What kind of a human being is this man! Hope he gets the maximum sentence. What is wrong with...

Flight to China and the Pacific Games

By Glen Tani from Central Honiara
Hello editor, I just want to contribute to the issue highlighted above. I am also with those that think the flight to China may not be a good idea, and the reason, as highlighted by others in various...

Covid Cases in PNG

By Christina from Honiara, Solomon Islands
Hello, The covid cases in PNG is rising everyday, and we are the closest neighbors so the risk to us is also rising everyday. The border area in Shortland Islands is the biggest risk now, and we need...

Great memories!

By Tony Parker from Eastbourne, England.
I was a chief magistrate in your beautiful auki and honiara in 1982-83 and my family was invoved in a crash landing at henderson field in may 1982 but we were all safe due to a great aussie pilot Bruce....

Cocaine yacht

By Thom Hofmans from New Zealand
Editor, I just read the story of what the police did with the yacht that was caught with cocaine. Sorry but your government must be short sighted, why not give the yacht to an organization that could...

Re - CITREC Worker Returns Home From Canada Disappointed

By Bevan Authedi from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
In regard to this story above dated 15th July 2020 https://www.solomontimes.com/news/citrec-worker-returns-home-from-canada-disappointed/10018 I am not under CITREC but I am a Solomon Islander working...

Staying Covid-free

By Lez Tui from Honiara, Solomon Islands
Editor: If we want to remain Covid-free than we must find ways to survive economically. This illness is not going to have a cure in maybe the next few years. So no cure means no open border, which means...

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