Choral fest is back, set to rock

The annual Solomon Islands Schools Choral Festival is back. Organisers of the Choral Festival are happy to announce the plans for the upcoming choral festival, scheduled for the 3rd to the 5th of July. The Choral Festival rehearsals begun yesterday Monday at 2-4pm, Chung-Wah School Hall, the organisers said. Rehearsals will continue at the same…

Women learn from Practice Parliament

ABOUT 50 enthusiastic women across the eight provinces who met as strangers but now leave the Capital more enthused and empowered to participate as candidates in any general election following the fourth Practice Parliament for Women. The exercise was primarily targeted at women who were considering standing for the National Elections or local elections, women…

Thought for the Week

The Church – Part 3 By Rev. Eric D. Maefonea (SWIM) Once again, I invite you to our continuing discussion of the above topic. Last week we looked at the birth of the Church and the pictures used in the New Testament to describe the Church. This week, we will discuss the criteria’s for becoming…

Tilapia training ends in Malaita

A FOUR day training on tilapia was successfully conducted last week in Malaita province. A total of six rural training centres (RTC) school principals, agriculture instructors and 22 leading tilapia farmers in the province have attended the training. It was held in Auki, Malaita. The training was possible under a four years partnership agreement by…

Beware of ‘bogus recruitment agents’

The public is again warned to watch out for bogus recruitment agents. Labor Mobility Unit (LMU) within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade issued the warning in light of latest reports suggesting certain people posing as agents for the New Zealand Recognized Seasonal Employer scheme (RSE) and the Australian Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP).…