Letters to the Editor
'Police have to play their role'
Friday 12 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Through your newspaper can I ask the Police Commissioner when was the last time police operated a check point in Avarua on the weekend after midnight? It seems to me that these specific activities have fizzled out in recent months.
Special treatment
Friday 12 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am pleased to hear that an express lane is opening up at the airport immigration.
Congrats to Avatiu!
Friday 12 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We hear the opening of the Avatiu Meeting House “Ebenezera” will take place today.
Who does secrecy serve?
Thursday 11 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Paul Heckles, commissioner for the offshore tax industry in his comments about an article that I have placed on Matariki FM’s website relating to an interview I had with investigative journalist Nicky Hager is correct about one thing, it is a complicated process to litigate or prove that I have broken the law of the ‘International Companies Act’.
Cheap fish for the people?
Thursday 11 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was watching ABC business news this afternoon and there was a news release by Chris Healey, the SPC scientist who was in Raro last year and spoke at a MMR meeting.
Lagoon Day still needed
Wednesday 10 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A friend commented recently: “But you shouldn’t still be doing Lagoon Day.” Is that so? Will there ever be a day when we won’t need to be educated for the health and wellbeing of our lagoon, ourselves, our future? In the Georgian era many thousands of people died because they didn’t know about basic hygiene.
Alcohol is the killer
Wednesday 10 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In regards to your article ‘Alcohol factor in fatal crash’ of July 9, it is the right time to remind the purists, the fanatics, the lobbyists for wearing crash helmets, that it is not whether or not you wear a crash helmet that kills on our roads.
Grey Power movement will fight on
Wednesday 10 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We, the Cook Islands Grey Power movement have been dormant of late.
High risk vehicles
Wednesday 10 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, First of all, my deepest condolences to those families that have recently just lost loved ones.
Thanks Foodland!
Wednesday 10 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to publicly thank Foodland for their ‘pensioner’s specials’ wherein a number of items are offered at a reduced rate to pensioners.
No parvovirus in Cooks
Tuesday 9 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read an article in the Cook Island News concerning the donation of Zoetis Parvovirus vaccines for use on Rarotonga at a planned Parvo vaccination clinic this August.
The law on public nuisance
Tuesday 9 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Having read the reasons given by the Public Health officials for not taking legal action against John Scott for the foul odours emanating from his chook farm, I thought perhaps the following information would be helpful.
'Faceless' clients do not exist
Monday 8 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to reply to the letter from ‘Time Will Tell’ (Faceless clients and secret structures, July 6).
Nothing wrong with asset protection
Monday 8 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to respond to William Taramai’s letter (Views on tax haven patronizing, July 4).
World-class legislation
Monday 8 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read William Taramai’s letter of July 4 with interest, and thank him for his kind words in respect of my involvement in the so called ‘wine box’ affair.
Half days on the roads?
Saturday 6 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can the secretary for MOIP advise the public why it takes so long for the road maintenance crew to complete the sealing of pot holes around the main road of Rarotonga? Observing these guys last week it seemed that they work half days.
Faceless clients and secret structures
Saturday 6 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, While Jenner Davis is preparing to respond to William Tarami’s letter (Views on tax haven patronising, July 4) on offshore tax havens would she validate the following: 1.
Views on tax haven patronising
Thursday 4 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Jenner Davis’ continual defiance of Nicky Hager’s crusade in exposing the truth about tax dodging and other illegal monetary activities in the Cook Islands gives me more hunger than ever in the truth/lies surrounding this saga being made public.
'A nightmare for Muri residents'
Thursday 4 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yet again this government seems to be neglecting its role of looking after the welfare of the general public by allowing government officials to get together to talk about the horrible smell pollution emanating from Scott’s farm.
Finger-pointing in paradise
Wednesday 3 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Here we go again, elections must be looming.
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