Prominent women-leaders from the Central-West region of Western province excelled to greater heights in knowledge and understanding of their roles and responsibilities in building and maintaining peace in the province, after attending a time-bound, extremely informative, emotional but fun, hope-filled and commitment-setting peace-building conference early last month. The conference was held on the 3rd –…
PNG – SI delegation day The theme for the celebration: ‘How wonderful it is when brothers dwell in Unity’ was neatly displayed in the Refectory, thanks to Fr. Louie Castañeda and his team. The celebration began with a Thanksgiving Eucharist presided over by the new Delegate Superior, Fr Peter Baquero. It was the conclusion of…
About 20 Salesians had the opportunity to spent time in prayer and reflection at the Emmaus Conference Centre, Port Moresby. The retreat commenced on the 29th June and concluded on the 5th July 2014. The group spanned 50 years with the youngest being 26, while the wisest was 76 years old. 14 salesians made the…
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…
AT least 300 young people are expected to register for the 1st Annual Our Telecom Solomon Islands High Schools Choral Festival, set to be staged on the 8th to the 10th of July 2014, at the Museum Auditorium, Honiara. The event is a duplication of a similar choral production started in Fiji called the Suva…
PEOPLE around Ferasubua have gathered over the weekend to celebrate the patron saint Peter’s day at the All Saint church in Honiara. St Peter church in Ferasubua is one of the local churches within the Ngongorefou parish in Diocese of Malaita. In the Anglican Church of Melanesia’s lectionary, the event fails annually on the 29…
THE Inauguration of the Solomon Islands High School Choral Fest is set down for July 8-10 at the National Museum’s Auditorium. The theme for the choral festival is, “Powerful beyond measure”, with an aim of inspiring, empowering, and uplifting young people through the Pacific Performing arts. A team from the Pacifika Voices that was led…
A local artist well-known for wood block printing has urged his colleagues to keep promoting local style of arts. Hendry Kalamani made the call after realising some local artists are drifting away and adopting more foreign concepts. “We should promote our culture, identity and customs by exposing it through our work, which we can then…
THE Gizo Environment Livelihood Conservation Association (GELCA) savings club has been applauded for its role to economically empower women. The GELCA savings club is a component of the Inshore Fish Aggregating Devices (IFAD) that seeks to empower rural women from communities of Gizo, Nusatuva and Kolombangara. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) country manager Shannon Seeto said…