2015 sees the Youth@Work program starting off full speed, with the first week beginning with registrations for the next phase of interns for the program, phase 6, with an orientation program, Thursday. Registration for the next phase started last week and has concluded on Wednesday with more than 180 youth registered and entered into the…
KOPERE band from Isabel Province is launching its third video album this month. Band manager Augustine Mamamo said it is a must see because the band has included new members who collaborated finely with some old ones. “The third video album comprises seven tracks mostly in Isabel dialects,” Mr Mamamo said. He said Kopere has…
A NEW and upcoming gospel band launched its first album in Malaita provincial capital on Friday. Uttermost Worshippers had been recording this album since 2012. The three-member band is made of three brothers living in Auki. Band manager Collin Ramo said this first album comprised of 10 songs. “We start recording at the end of…
A LOCAL Artist is currently participating in the PACIFIKA Indigenous Art Alliance Exhibition (PIAAE) at the Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Centre in North Queensland in Australia. Martin Fakaia, a local talented artist who is currently residing in Australia was able to show case his beautiful Indigenous arts with different artists around the…
The Youth Market is on again for the final time this year and it’s bigger with more components than its predecessors being the only five day youth market event to be organised this year by the Youth@Work Youth Market team. According to Youth Market officer, Gino Oti this is by far the biggest event of…
A prolific local artist, Martin Fakaia is preparing for an exhibition at PACIFIKA Indigenous Art Alliance Exhibition (PIAAE)to be held on December 5 at Townsville, Queensland. The intention of the Pacifica Indigenous Art Alliance Exhibition was to empower and give voice to Pacific artists. “This will collaborate with a focus on the freedom of creative…
Twenty-six-year old Luke Gegeu is a self-taught artist who hails from Malaita Province. His products include printed T-Shirts and blouses, dyed and printed Lava lavas and wall Prints. He is the founder of the EKUL products.Luke developed his interests in cloth printing at a young age, after dropping out of high school he continued to…
Well-known gospel group EM Choir launched their first DVD album at Malaita provincial capital Auki, Friday. The ceremony attracted a large crowd, who came to watch and listen to inspiration gospel songs from the group. Hailed from west Baelelea in north Malaita, EM Choir made a name for themselves after putting on several concerts in…
Rebelle Inc management is eyeing another international artist early next year following their successive and successful shows of international artist. They said the most successful one was the Konckara show at the Cow Boys Grill last weekend. “What makes the show more successful was that our local boys had a change to interact and perform…
TO get into Youth@Work, you have to perform a minimum of one month’s community service. Youth@Work interns for the 6th phase of the Youth@Work internship programme are now weeks into their community service stage. The community service sees youth in the program taking up initiative and doing work in and around their communities and in…