Opinion
DPM should talk to his colleagues
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
I THINK THE DPM needs to give his speech about civil servants not turning up for Constitution Day celebrations to his fellow cabinet members.
Nothing independent about begging for money
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IF THE CIP government spent as much time on developing our country as they do on finding ways to access funding, we would be more worthy of calling ourselves independent than we are right now.
Questions about buggies need to be answered
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
DESPITE ALL the complaints that have been aired in CI News, the yellow buggies continue to plague us.
It's time for a new approach to politics
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT’S INTERESTING to see all the knives coming out since Rose Brown made her first public statement.
Te Maeva Nui shows the true spirit of unity
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Opinion
THIS IS a very special week here in the Cook Islands. Te Maeva Nui (meaning in English, The Big Celebration) is a time to honor the Constitution created 51 years ago preserving the rights and freedoms of the people of these islands.
Taxation can be a good thing
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WHEN IT becomes obvious that changing peoples’ habits is in the interest of everyone concerned, then a smart government can produce a win-win situation by gently nudging with tax adjustments.
Fund returns not that super
Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“AT LONG LAST the CI Superannuation annual membership statements are being delivered, just over seven months from December 31, 2015.
Defence counsel's work goes beyond court – By Norman George
Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Opinion
THIS SERIES will cover major criminal trials that I have conducted as a defence counsel before a judge and jury in the High Court of the Cook Islands over the years....
Council aims to reduce road deaths
Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I WOULD LIKE to explain for CI News readers the role of the Road Safety Council in the Cook Islands.
Brown is right one to lead us
Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT’S SAD TO see Mata McNair having a go at Rose Brown.
Political puppet masters hard at work
Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT NOW appears obvious that the appointment of Rose Brown as the new leader of the opposition is nothing but an attempt by Teina Bishop, Norman George, and other manipulators who consider themselves experts at political puppetry.
Speeding cars put innocent lives at risk
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
In response to the smoke signal headlined “Morning speedster,” I am putting in my two cents in to say that I think the impatient driver of the blue Forester should be arrested and taken off the road for a very long time.
George: 'I was never kicked out of the Demos'
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WEE WILKIE puts his foot in his mouth again. The first two sentences of his letter to the editor of CI News on August 1 start with a gaffe.
Looking forward to a 'Rosey' future
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
EVENTS over the past few years have led many of our people to rightfully construe that we have been poorly served, misled and misgoverned by elected officials, who in many instances, have shown their "true colours" once they have attained the halls of power.
Record tells a different story
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In last week’s CI News, Teina Bishop was quoted as saying he doesn’t feel he has done anything wrong.
Strange goings-on with airport appointment
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WHEN GOVERNMENT terminated Taoro Brown’s appointment on the airport authority as chairman, JJ Brown was appointed as his replacement.
Government of unity nothing new
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
POLITICIANS live in an isolated world convinced they are doing something wonderfully important all the time, which they absolutely have to describe in a press conference or statement.
More to 'national unity' than meets the eye
Tuesday 2 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A Government of National Unity seems to be the catchcry of the press release written for CIP Member of Parliament and Opposition Democratic Leader Brown, and if one reads the following page in Saturday CI News, MP Teina Bishop also uses the term “national unity” with regard to his future role with politics and One Cook Islands.
Time for Queen's Representative to take action
Monday 1 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
RE: THE Rule of law and upholding the Constitution.
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