PAPUA New Guinea music legend Basil Greg says he’s glad to be back in Honiara, a place he had visited and performed on five previous occasions. Greg, who has a huge following here, is leading a six-man band – all made up of PNG music legends – to perform today and tomorrow in Honiara. They…
YOUTH taking part in the Youth Market are taking their products, goods and services up to the next level. The Youth Market has always provided a venue for young entrepreneurs to sell their products. Recently,four Youth Market participants were given an opening to sell their products at the Ports area during the arrival of the…
WORK is currently underway for the production of a DVD clip featuring various Adventist singing youth groups within the White River Adventist Church in west Honiara. Over the past weeks, youth members from the main White River Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church and its hive churches have been busy doing voice recording and video shooting.…
LOCAL reggae group Native Stone Age will don their new T-shirts – courtesy of bemobile Ltd – when they appeared on stage, Saturday. The Malaita-based band, who hailed from east Fataleka, are organising a two-day concert today and tomorrow. Band manager Israel Siau said the concert was organised to raise funds to meet costs related…
YOUTH Market’s dance and song competition has opened the doors for exploding talents from Young people in and around Honiara. The three-day youth event was jam packed with fun and excitement. The first day unfolded with the dance competition. The second day held a song competition ending with a live performance from young local Hip…
As the 2014 Solo Icon program slowly itched up to its climax, the show is getting tougher and interesting. The Solo-Icon singing contest now enters the semi-final stage. There is evidence contestants are grooming up nervously but with authority as they all look for a place in the grand finale, which will be held on…
This month’s youth market set for next week is expected to showcase an explosion of young talent. This time a dance competition based on this market’s theme – ‘Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders’– will be the highlight. The dance competition will be based on three different categories. A statement from the organisers said some of the dancers…
The Solo Icon competitions which attracted many youths over the weekends have entered into its quarter finals yesterday at the Aart gallery grounds. The event is being supported by the Australian high commission and organised by Global Youth Leadership Nexus. It consists of three categories namely the young executives, star school and senior which is…
A TEAM from the Quarantine Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is in Auki, Malaita, to check on recent discovery of the invasive African giant snail. This was confirmed by a spokesperson from the department, on Wednesday. The snails were discovered on the edge on the provincial capital, causing fear and alarm to…
LOCAL rock band Solid Black is back on stage for the first time after years away from the public scene. But they did it far from home in the land of the 5th Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Their first appearance was a boost to Solomon Islands participation…