This coming Sunday, 2nd August 2015 SIBC will broadcast live the mass and Church service from the Catholic Diocese of Auki in Malaita. This is an initiative by the bishops of the Catholic Church in Solomon Islands. In one of their meetings some years ago, the Bishops decided to bring out Catholic Sunday services to…
THE NATIONAL consultation on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was conducted at the Heritage park hotel yesterday. It was cohosted by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services and the Ministry of development and Planning and Aid Coordination. The objectives of the forum is to provide feedback on the global review on…
FORTY SIX selected school teachers from all over the country will be conducting a PaBER (Pacific Benchmarking for Better Education Result) field Research which will run from August to October this year. This was possible after they concluded a Field Research Training Program, which ended last Friday at the OG conference centre in Honiara. The…
Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) bi-monthly Mere’s Market commences today at the National Art Gallery. This initiative strives to empower SIWIBA women and the event will take place for 3 days. The Mere’s Market will involve competitions, promotions, selling of products and awareness programs. Yesterday, the association received contributions from the Solomon Islands…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has urged the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) to regain public confidence after RAMSI draw down. He stressed this during the RAMSI 12th anniversary celebration in West Guadalcanal last week. “As far as policing is concern, we want the RSIPF to win back the heart of and minds of our…
The Attorney General, James Apaniai has clarified the situation over the grant of the title over the land on West Rennell given to mining company, Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) and Bintan Company Ltd. In a statement yesterday, the Attorney General said, any deregistration of the title over the land will only be made through…
SOLOMON Islands very own Narasirato panpipe band has returned from Papua New Guinea after a successful and historic trip two weeks ago. The band was invited by the PNG government, to perform in Port Moresby at the closing ceremony of the Pacific Games. Speaking to the Solomon Star yesterday, band manager John Bosco Hou said,…
A VOCAL workshop ‘Singing like a star’ that was scheduled to take place this Friday will be closing its registration tomorrow. It is being organized for interested songsters in the country at the Honiara Hotel’s Club Le Flamingo. Dubbed as ‘Singing like a star’, the workshop will be conducted by Elly Oh – a touring…
Solomon Islands National University SINU has taken another another milestone in its development. The implementation of the Student Management System project of the SINU officially began. A statement from SINU said, the project was officially started by Anand Chukka, Project / Implementation Manager & Principal Consultant from Technology One. “This was followed by a visit…
Chairman of West Rennell Resource Owners Association Jonathan Tohuika has appealed for assistance to support his High Court cased filed on behalf of the people to save Rennell from mining destructions. Speaking to the Solomon Star after leaving the court room yesterday morning, Tohuika lost faith in his case, after sighting two professional Aussie lawyers…