Mothers Union marks big day

Members of the Mothers Union in west Guadalcanal came together to celebrate and remember the founder of the Anglican Mothers Union around the world. The founder of the Mothers Union was Mary Sumner.  The celebration was held over the weekend at Maravovo village with more than 1000 people attending the event including members of communities.…

Pastor happy to get connected

A pastor of the Revival fellowship Centre of Dala north in West Kwara’ae, Malaita province has acknowledged Our Telekom for the launching of a new mobile tower in the area allowing the villages to get connected to the outside world through their mobiles. During the launching Our Telekom has managed to give out cell phones…

Solo icon into quarter

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…

‘Lets empower our women’

“EMPOWERMENT to women around our region is something I feel is very important because we have the lowest rate of female representation at the political decision making tables of the world. So that is concern for me and am sure it is concern for many people around the world.” Electoral commissioner of Samoa Papali’i Malietau…

Commission on preparation of women candidates

CHAIRMAN of political parties commission Sir Paul Tovua says he welcome any assistance that can be organised to prepare women candidates for the upcoming general election. His remarks were delivered by UN Women’s programme coordinator for the Advancing Gender Justice in the Pacific (AGJP) Programme, Audrey Manu at the opening of a week-long Transformational Leadership…

“Accept one another”

The third of the ‘one another’ sayings in the New Testaments is “Accept one another” (Romans 15:7). We all want to be accepted. This is especially evident in the teenage years when we all dress alike because of peer pressure, longing to be one of the groups. People often do crazy things in order to…

Companions reminded of their duties

The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) His Grace Archbishop the Right Reverend David Vunagi has reminded the companions’ ministry of their duties. In his sermon to commemorate the St James feat day yesterday at the Barnabas Cathedral, His Grace highlighted two key components of their work. He said spiritual and practical components…