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…
Almost every sector of the Ministry of Education has a part to play in developing competent, committed and professional teachers, says the deputy secretary of the Ministry James Bosamata. Speaking on the theme “Teacher Professional Learning Development and Scholarship opportunities,” yesterday he highlighted the importance of working together to achieve competent, committed and professional teachers.…
A conference on developing competent, committed and professional teachers for Solomon Islands is currently underway at the Mendana Hotel. The purpose of the conference is to inform the design of the National Teacher Education Development Plan for the next three years. The conference also provided an opportunity for all education stakeholders to build and grow…
Dear Editor – This is an open letter to Pacific Islands Forum Leaders from the Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) in Sydney, Australia. Dear Pacific Islands Forum leaders – on behalf of the Australia West Papua Association (Sydney), I am writing to you concerning the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua. There has been…
The Annual Diocesan tour of the Diocesan Bishop of Guadalcanal Rt. Rev. Nathan Tome, accompanied by the Diocesan staff and their wives to the Western Parishes and districts of the Diocese has ended on 26th July 2015. The districts and Parishes visited were – East Vaturanga on 18-19th; West Vaturanga on 24-25th and Sunday the…
Pacific Partnership 2015 personnel celebrated the completion of Vura Primary School during a ribbon cutting ceremony July 23 in the Solomon Islands. Allen Ketei, the principal of Vura Primary School, personally thanked the service members involved in the project for their hard work. “Because of everything you have done for us, now we can instruct…
The people of the Solomon Islands and members of Pacific Partnership 2015 celebrated the completion of a successful two-week mission by the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) on Saturday July 24. Millinocket and embarked Task Forager provided medical, engineering, veterinary and dental support to Guadalcanal and Maliata citizens. “Just…