Letters to the Editor
'No merit in tax review' refuted
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In his latest confusing attempt to answer questions posed by Mr Framhein, the Financial Secretary says his letter is about “MFEM’s practice in the past of splitting soft drink imports into separate import entry classifications”. In fact, this was not an MFEM practice at all but instead a long running CITC exploitation of […]
Entertained and appalled by the news
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was recently a second-time visitor to Rarotonga and once again an avid reader of Cook Islands News. A daily dose of CINews is one way a short term Kiwi visitor can try to get a little beyond the surface of charming Cook Islands’ life. Over my morning coffee I found myself by […]
Name with-held for fear of retaliation
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to Ben Ponia’s letter of Saturday 29, Ben I respect MMR’s operational premise and responsibility however Webster’s Dictionary describes TRANSPARENCY as “free from pretence or deceit and readily understood” therefore I have to question your statistics. First let’s ignore anything prior to 2011 – it’s immaterial. We are told we have […]
MFEM sees no merit in pursuit
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to William Framhein’s recent letter to you in which he makes a number of allegations regarding MFEM’s practice in the past of splitting soft drink imports into separate import entry classifications for contents and packaging. The issue raised by Mr Framhein was also raised in a letter from James Beer (at […]
Frustration and anger over tax
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Financial Secretary (Finsec) Mr Neves has in three email exchanges with me exposed the failings of his ministry in upholding the integrity and credibility of the public revenue collection system of our country. How can anyone in our country be expected to pay their taxes and not feel that they are being […]
3 cheers for Cooks
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We should all be proud of Kevin and Frances Cooks’ transport system here on Rarotonga. There are cities and islands much larger and smaller who would and need to follow the example of Cook’s Island Bus Passenger Transport. They have a well maintained variety of vehicles. They are safe. They do a good […]
Stop the idiocy, govern with dignity
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I make reference to a number of articles in your paper recently about the issue of conflict of interest and government protocols not being followed by cabinet ministers and the prime minister. There are times and places where certain behaviours are expected of our leaders. Such arrogance or poor misunderstanding of these situations […]
When is a Kuki not a Kuki?
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I see in Wednesday’s News that Minister Bishop has some strange ideas about what people are and is starting to sound more like a second hand fish dealer every day. He states that his Chinese friend Mr Chou is officially a US citizen, he has a US passport and he grew up in […]
Slap on the face
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would acknowledge it if this letter finds its way to the Letters to the Editor column on your newspaper. This letter seeks to express the general feeling of disapproval from local Solomon Islanders after an edition of the famous Cook Islands KATA cartoon showed up on Facebook. Since showing up on the […]
Don't gloat
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Imagine if the Duke and Dutchess came to Rarotonga and someone from the Solomons were able to outwit us and have them wear Solomon Islands dress and shirt whilst attending our functions? The furore will be deafening and Tavs and other seamstressers will be on the warpath. It will cause a South Pacific […]
Singing and drumming defended
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing because I believe it is time the management for the Sails Restaurant received a wake up call for their misguided attempt to shut down a private function where a group of islanders were hosting a farewell function on Captain Tama’s premises in the late afternoon. On Friday last week at […]
Does MMR have a handle on it?
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Earlier this year I wrote to you to explain the policies and efforts of the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) with respect to our offshore fishery. I welcome the media interest in fisheries issues but noting the criticisms, mainly anonymous, and misreporting that has taken place, I guess the question on some people’s […]
What tripe!
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wonder if Minister Teina Bishop and Ben Ponia truly believe the tripe we are being force fed. These two are happy to prostitute our most valuable asset for 50 pieces of silver. Shame on the both of you. You are being paid by the people of the Cook Islands to protect their […]
Crystal clear
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Minister Bishop has gone on record to confirm that his top fisheries advisors come from the fisheries department of ministry of marine resources, who has been involved in dealing with the commercial fishing side of things on behalf of the country for a very long time. What I would like to know is […]
They failed to act transparently
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am very concerned in regards to a few of the points Minister Bishop raised in his reply to Reuben Tylor. Firstly, the fact that Nauru’s resource is on land and ours is in the water is irrelevant. The point I believe Mr Taylor was trying to raise is in regards to the […]
Daughter defends dad from attack
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to the coward who posted a hand written letter to Cook’s Islands Passenger Bus Service addressed to my father, Kevin Cook. Albeit the letter was written in very bad English with terrible grammar, I could tell from the handwriting that it was from a man. That’s right. We’ve all […]
Solomons mama cartoon inappropriate
Friday 28 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Rutaki School at the recent Forum exercise adopted the Solomon Islands delegation. My 10-year-old proudly told us at home all that he had learned about his Oceanic cousins. His mother and I hope we have instilled in our son a disdain for racism. How then to explain to him Kata’s cartoon on Thursday […]
'Free ride' not on
Friday 28 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To the person who wrote and mailed the letter to Cook’s Bus Passenger Transport Ltd and called himself “Real Cookie.” For your information, Kevin Cook has been a permanent resident since 1972, worked and paid taxes, and has employed Cook Islanders all those years even to this day. That gives him the same […]
Kindness or camaraderie, both very different
Friday 28 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you for covering the interview with Minister Teina Bishop. Thank you also, Teina, for supporting transparency within your community by accepting the interview. It’s not easy to be interviewed by a journalist, but it’s extremely important and appreciated. While I empathise with Teina that he views the computers as a gift, it […]
Bus operator offers to sell out
Thursday 27 September 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you for printing the article regarding the unlicensed taxi taking tourists on Tuesday 25th September. The comments made by Mr Lazaro open my eyes to the fact that this member of parliament is a complete liar and he can take me to court if he wants regarding this. I can prove that […]
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