FORMER Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Monday said its time to fight corruption in the country. It’s a problem which is causing a lot of problem in the country and slows down development from taking place. It was also described as a cancer to the development of the society, eating away the resources of the…
BETIKAMA Adventist College (BAC) chapel was rededicated yesterday. The chapel was rededicated by the President of the General Conference (GC) of the Seventh Day Adventist Church Pastor Ted Wilson in a small ceremony. The chapel was renovated in June last year. School principal Francis Leovania welcomed the president and his delegation, saying it was an…
YESTERDAY marked a historical milestone for the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Honiara with the groundbreaking of a Wellness Centre. The ceremony was held at Burns Creek, east Honiara near the Burns Creek SDA Church. Visiting World leader and President of the SDA Church Pr Ted NC Wilson officiated at the groundbreaking along with…
So far we have looked at the meaning of ‘authentic leadership.’ For the next couple of weeks, we will explore the important characteristics of effective leadership. Leadership has two foundational rocks upon which it is built, skills, and character. The character of leadership can be divided into three categories: purpose – oriented, people -oriented, and…
A VISITING church leader has urged the country’s leaders to set aside their differences and work together if they want great things to happen to the country. The world leader of the Seventh-Day Adventist church Pastor Ted Wilson was visiting the country with his wife Nancy. “Great things happen when we work together not only…
MEMBERS of the Roman Catholic Church in Fiji who have dreams of exchanging vows on a white sandy beach or a beautiful scenery outside of a church or chapel should think twice. This, after the head of the Catholic Church in Fiji Archbishop Peter Loy Chong publicly condemned weddings that took place outside of a…
“Say YES to Jesus and NO to drugs for forever”. That was the slogan thought up by a group of 52 marijuana users who publicly renounced their drug addiction at an Adventist evangelistic meeting in Papua New Guinea in January. The program, held at Gumanch in the Dei District of the Western Highlands Province, attracted…
George Tafoa was the first one to begin to pursue a translation of the New Testament (NT) into Kwaio. He felt that it was very important for his people to have God’s Word in their own language and began to pray that God would open the doors for that to happen. In 2002, Tafoa…
Dear Editor – Thanks for giving me the opportunity. I have been trying to raise my personal concern about the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) services through this medium for sometime. So thanks for this offer. This is related to the continuous power outage experienced in Honiara. Although power was able to be restored now,…
CRICKET Fiji has named 26 players in their senior men’s high performance squad in preparation for this year’s East Asia Pacific Twenty 20 tournament. Nine of the players are overseas-based and the local players are required to attend a fitness test at Albert Park on Friday. High performance manager Joe Rika said the overseas players…