Balolo delicacy

YOUR SAY

Power disruption

REFERENCE is hereby made to Hasmukh Patel, EFL chief executive officer,

The Fiji Times, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

I thank you kind Sir, for your spontaneous response and prompt sincere apologies.

They are well received and duly noted, most respectfully. I am most thankful, grateful and appreciative.

Vinaka du, na Momo Levu na iliuliu EFL na chief executive officer.

RONNIE CHANG Martintar, Nadi

Child labour

I AM not surprised to read in the FT 22/6 about children collecting scrap metals, PET bottles etc to help put food on the table.

These are children who live in settlements close to the rubbish dump area who are doing this.

I have seen children selling pies, roti parcel etc at night time to help parents.

Some of these innocent children are begging at the same time.

Our society, NGO and the ministry concerned should look into this situation to find out why the children are doing this.

NARAYAN REDDY Lautoka

Robbers and thugs

IN every corner of every street, where light can’t touch, where the smell of cigarettes and bottles of beer are common, and where gangs and thugs lurk around.

When the sun sets, when the light fades, darkness crawls the face of the towns and cities then boom, windows break open, screaming heard a mile away, police sirens heard everywhere, gang fights occurring in every street, dogs barking loudly and ambulances on the duty.

Car hijacking happening in car lots, kidnaping of children and the trading of drugs and marijuana are happening.

This madness goes on for hours until the sun sets itself up again.

When everything calmed down and eased.

What a relief, phew! But is yet another night is coming up and make sure you are not the victim.

KELEPI DAKUIYACO Serua, Waikalou

Hard reality

YOUR headline news brought tears in my eyes. (FT 22/06).

The statistics provided by the executive director of the Fiji Council of Social Services, Vani Catanasiga, that children are scavenging the rubbish dumps for scrap metal is very disheartening.

And others are finding other means of earning an income for their families such as selling food.

I used to watch such case scenarios in the movies and television series but now such harsh times have become a reality in Fiji.

There is no denying that the poverty levels have gone up here.

My heart goes out to these children and their

I FIND it strange that a man who ate balolo died at the Savusavu Hospital in November, 2020.

Balolo is a yearly delicacy, a kind of edible sea worm scientifically known as Eunice Viridis which spends most of its time in the deep recesses of certain coral reefs and was eaten by my forefathers from generation to generation including myself.

It will be interesting to read a scientific finding or maybe they forgot to publicly release that finding? JIOJI M CAKACAKA Tadra, Votualevu, Nadi

Losses and damage

CAN Energy Fiji Ltd compensate its customers who suffered losses and damage to their electrical goods because of the recent and increasingly frequent power cuts.

Surely EFL can afford such payments because it has recently given pay rises and performance bonuses.

MELI MATANATOTO

Suva

Absolute majority

TO me, those election candidates who are speculating that no party will have absolute majority in the upcoming election are throwing in the towel too early.

Seriously, what signals are they sending to their supporters and voters at large?

Will their policies and strategies not be enough to entice at least 50 per cent of the voters?

PRANIL RAM Votualevu, Nadi