Try solving them

Poverty issue

WHY does Government tell us there is no extreme poverty in the country when we see otherwise? DAN URAI

Lautoka

Smart borrowing

Brother Allen, don't worry about Government's smart borrowing but continue with your no borrowing charity work for the so many less fortunate in the Western Division. This time around the voters are much smarter to put their tick for genuine individual politicians to move the country further forward positively.

Sukha Singh, for a change I will not be at Lautoka Golf Club, but Lautoka Bowling Club to host and sponsor a national bowls event.

Allen will be the chief guest, firstly to open the tournament and monitor my performance. More importantly, he will receive cash donation and more to keep doing what he does best.

You and Rajnesh Lingam still have open tickets to be part of Lautoka Golf Club's visitation and more.

Blessed weekend to one and all.

RAYMOND SINGH

Golf Links, Lautoka

Biman's response

BIMAN was approached by Fiji Sun to respond to Rabuka's comments about the 1987 coup and its aftermath but he says he does not talk to the Fiji Sun.

So much for media freedom.

Well perhaps he can talk to me now since I come from his favourite media organisation The Fiji Times which he regularly talks to.

Now my question to Biman is; What do you have to say to Rabuka's interview with fijivillage wherein he claimed that his coup has played a huge part in preparing those who left Fiji for greener pastures?

Don't worry Biman, I am not asking this question on behalf of the Fiji Sun but I definitely want the people of Fiji to carefully read his reply if he so does.

It will be interesting reading because I believe he has recently changed his allegiance and with it his narrative to suit his revised political agenda and pathway.

You'll be surprised what these politicians can do at the drop of a hat.

I believe he is trying to fool the electorate but doesn't realise that he is in fact fooling himself. TARUN TIKARAM Marine Drive, Lami

Sri Lanka connection

IF we do not have any connection to Bharat (India), then how come we are connected to Sri Lanka?

How is Fiji economically or commercially benefiting from a country which has been marred by political mayhem for decades, if not centuries?

And besides, with the ongoing abysmal economic crisis unfolding in this politically unstable island nation, I believe all Sri Lankan expatriates employed in various sectors across Fiji including the judiciary should dutifully go back and assist Sri Lanka in the rebuilding process.

I believe Fiji will cope just fine without you. NISHANT SINGH Lautoka

IN 2016, a Russian couple who had been living in Fiji for some time were brutally killed.

No one has been arrested in that case. The same year, forty-two-year-old Salesh Chand's burnt body was discovered by a team of police officers in a burnt-out company car at the Fiji Sugar Corporation Lautoka mill.

The case remains unsolved. Jia Janvi's case has also been declared as murder, but the killer has not been found yet.

Sesha Reddy and Mirdu Chand are allegedly victims of foul play, but their case remains unsolved.

While police await solid information to help them break the unsolved cases, the families of the deceased are also no doubt waiting for that day when suspects are charged by police and dealt with by the court.

Do you need more resources to be able to solve these cases if so please ask for it.

Do not let the list of unsolved cases mount. Thank you.

SURESH CHAND

Nadi

Pigeon shooting

EVERY year in May we have this media release by the Ministry of Agriculture concerning the outdated notification that officially declares open the pigeon shooting season.

The media instructs members of the public the number of the birds that can be killed and the areas that are prohibited for hunting.

The authority of the minister concerned to do that is stipulated in the Game and Protection Chapter 170 in the laws of Fiji which was first enacted in 1923 and revised through the Legal Notice in 1984.

This document was made a law after three years when the last of the indentured labourers ships arrived in Fiji and after 11 years when the Titanic sank. This will give a comparison if it is plotted in the historic timeline calendar of events in Fiji and to have a feel of how old is the legislation that we still use in the country.

This law is riddled with mistakes, uncertainty and very discriminating in nature and was written at the time when men formed the total work force and instead of the word person, phases such as he and him are widely used.

When the Pigeon Act was passed most of the areas of Suva were still undeveloped with lush vegetation that supported wildlife but the over shooting of the endangered species of pigeon was a great concern to the administrators and such protection laws came into effect to protect the extinction of the said birds.

The hilarious part of last week's newspaper article stated that the area from the Nubukalou Creek in Suva and up to the Vatuwaqa Creek was classified as a reserve and hunting of the pigeons was prohibited in the said zone together with areas around Draunibota Island in Lami. This was valid a century ago and we still reuse the same instructions without considering the enormous changes that have taken place.

This year the advisory of the pigeon shooting season was published in the newspaper and I believe that there was no attempt by the people who approved the season to read the documents and if they probably did that then this ancient law would have been picked up with the view to make it current.

The current law is obsolete and not effective in real time and I believe that there will be no progress made in the country if we continue to live with these museum piece documentation.

SATISH NAKCHED

Suva