Opinion
Man on mission – for himself
Monday 13 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
The Prime Minister promised political reform after getting into power. Now after more than five years there’s absolutely nothing to show for it, except broken promises.
Effort needed to stem outflow of money
Saturday 11 February 2017 | Published in Opinion
With the government’s tax amnesty in the news recently, a CI News reader supplied this feature, which looks at the amnesty in the light of a 2016 economic report.
Meeting delays opening
Saturday 11 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
Upskilling is important in public service and workshops are a good way to do this..
Virtues can help you achieve life's goals
Saturday 11 February 2017 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
How are you doing with those New Year’s resolutions? Do you even remember them now that we are several weeks into the year? I know better than to rely on my memory.
Honour: vital to how we see the world
Saturday 11 February 2017 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
As we gathered around the memorial garden, rain pouring down, the tears flowed as family and friends gathered to honour the man, the life that was Ian George.
'Special place, special people' not quite so apt
Friday 10 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Since when did we turn into Samoa...charging people five dollars to go to the waterfall is disgraceful,” a smoke signaller says.
OPM job still hasn't been advertised
Friday 10 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It has been almost eight weeks since Liz Wright-Koteka tendered her resignation as the Chief of Staff for the Prime Minister’s Office.
How about this then, minister?
Friday 10 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Environment minister… Oh no, that’s right, he is also the Agriculture minister and he is too busy testing the latest weed killer to care about the environment.
Land should go back to people
Friday 10 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I just can’t get past the headlines of a local man harassing two young females for not paying a road toll of five dollars, which is even more wrong in the first place.
Catch criminals not schoolkids!
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It is baffling to watch the police spend so much time on the road in broad daylight preying on innocent school students trying to charge them $100 for not wearing a helmet.
Get on the beat to drop PCs' pounds
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I am a strong supporter of our police force but, lately, I am wondering if they think it is a 9am to 5 pm job only, as I never see them out patrolling and policing much at night.
Nice car Madam Secretary
Thursday 9 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
Maybe the Secretary of Health driving around in a fancy car paid for by taxpayers is not the best way to show that the ministry’s budget is not enough.
Two years on and what has changed?
Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT IS always a good idea to do a spring clean once a year and you always find some lost items, or ones of interest you had forgotten about.
Raise the drinking age from 18 to 21
Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Now we have a stabbing to add to our multiple shootings … what next?
A need for change
Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I write with disappointment at CIRU for their decision on Stan Wright’s outspoken mind and his visions (through his Strategic Plan – it’s available for all to read).
PM jets off again?
Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Office of the Prime Minister’s spin doctors appear to be in the dark about the whereabouts - or reasons - for the prime minister traveling to Singapore.
Sober choice? Maybe not
Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
A drunken man, barely able to stand, was swaying around Raro Fried Chicken mid-afternoon on Sunday.
Nurse practitioners can do it!
Tuesday 7 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I share many of the concerns of the Mangaian community expressed in a recent letter to the Cook Islands News
No handouts for shipping service
Tuesday 7 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
“IT WAS SAD to see the one professional and dedicated server of shipping to the Pa Enua had their brand new boat stranded on the reef, by accident,
Locals fouling up 'paradise' too
Monday 6 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have spent many months on these beautiful islands over the past three years and repeatedly read articles in the paper about how the tourists are being unfairly blamed for the pollution of Muri Beach’s lagoon.
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