MJAMS has announced the recruitment of local singer Loretta Taika as its new artist liaison officer in Solomon Islands. A statement from MJams said as an artist liaison officer Loretta will be the first point of contact on anything to do with MJams. “Whether that’s help with uploading music and videos, distributing royalties or signing…
SOLOMON Islands famous boy band DMP has made a name for itself being the most popular Solomon Island band worldwide –based on its followers on Spotify. Since the beginning of this year, the DMP band got 43,815 monthly listeners placing them on the fourth spot, behind other big names like Jaro Local, Dezine, and Onetox.…
DREAMCAST Theatre Solomon Islands and One More Shot (#OMS) will host a virtual photo exhibition, a first of its kind online showcasing in the country. A statement from Dreamcast Theatre SI said the exhibition is designed to build human rights advocacy through thought-provoking local content for the public and effect active citizenship among youth. The…
THE Pacific Legal Network (PLN) is pleased to announce that Solomon Islands lawyer William Kadi will join the team, working with Primo Afeau in Honiara, effective 1st February. Having spent the last five years working at the Public Solicitors Office of the Solomon Islands, William brings a wealth of experience but particularly relevant to PLN…
Solomon Islands well-known solo music artists Bradley Pitua (Blad P2A) & William Kadi (Khazin) are putting the country’s flag on the world map with their 2021 hit island jam ‘UKULELE’ voted first at the DJOOKY Music Awards – the world’s largest online song competition over the weekend While the country faces one of its darkest…
INVOLVEMENT by United States not-for-profit organisations in politics around the world is not new. The Pacific region is not excerpted. In this case, Winrock’s involvement on Malaita is not the first for American NGOs. Winrock has offices in Little Rock, Arkansas and Washington DC. It now has one in Honiara and Auki on Malaita. In…
TEN successful young change makers for Solomon Islands have been announced this week. The successful 10 selected young change makers for Solomon Islands are: Moses Jnr Aunama (Project: TMC Foundation Initiative), Everlyn Quladuri Basi (Project: Eve’s Zumba Fitness), Jeremy Baea (Project: Western Solomons Surfing Association), Kevin Olea (Project: Coach for SI National Paralympic Committee), Lyan…
The country’s very own and old time Classic and Spanish music performer Robert Foreman recently shared his love for classical music and Spanish traditional styles such as flamenco. The Solomon Star met up with Mr Foreman when he was performing his classical and Spanish style of music at National Provident Fund (NPF) Plaza, besides the…
A local band called ‘THE ROOTS’ consisting of some of the country’s pioneer musicians will be traveling to Auki to help in a fundraising drive organised by the ‘Friends of Kilu’ufi’ based in Auki, Malaita Province. John Adifaka Jr told the Solomon Star in a statement on Wednesday. He said that ‘Friends of Kilu’ufi’ consists…
SOLOMON Islands renowned boy band ‘Doorman’s Project (DMP) has taken a massive step in their music journey making it top of the World’s largest music online competition – the Djooky Music Awards (DMA). According to band manager and promoter, Victor Lopez, “the boys recently entered as the first Solomon Islands artists into the DMA.” “They…