PAQOE village on Choiseul celebrated the 100 years centenary of the arrival of the United Church in their community, recently. The gospel was brought to the area on 12 May 1914. The week-long celebration was organised under the theme ‘Celebrating the Amazing Love of God’. United Church Moderator Wilfred Kurepitu, who was the guest of…
The anniversary of the ascension of Baha’u’llah is celebrated today – 29 May 2014. A statement from local Bahai community said it is a special time for the Solomon Islands Baha’i community to meet, through prayer and meditation in the spiritual realm, with the Source of their light and guidance, to seek to obtain a…
SOLOMON Island band Doorman Project (DMP) is in the country to perform a show to raise funds for flood victims in the Solomon Islands. The DMP band consists of six artists that have toured Australia and Papua New Guinea and this is their first tour in Fiji. USP Solomon Island Student Association president Roylex Sitana…
Rural women who attended the transformational leadership and character education for peaceful co-existence enters their fourth day of training at the Mendana Hotel. The five days training which was funded and facilitated by the staffs of UNDP and Lulukim Sustainable Solomon Islands (ISSI) will end tomorrow. The purpose of the training is to equip and…
ABOUT 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. Around the world, 5 per cent of pregnant women will face an obstructed labour, where the baby is stuck and cannot fit through the pelvic cavity. In Australia when this happens, a caesarean section is performed, and the mother and the baby survive. In…
THANK you for allowing this precious time for us to sit together and to think over some thing important which I would like to share for our people and the nation. The word of God says that we have been created in Christ Jesus to do good works and to bless others. If Solomon Islands…
THE Anglican Church of Melanesia (COM) in Auki yesterday kicked off its positive parents training. The two-week training is aimed at better educating and equipping couples, parents (most importantly wives), the family and parenting leadership rules required in their respective communities. Speaking to this paper, training facilitators; Mary Fungi and Rose Sau said that this…
Owa speakers from Santa Ana, Makira province are gathering at the SITAG/BTLP property for the purpose of producing an audio recording of the Owa New Testament. Mr. Renato and Mrs. Rose Lacubay, volunteers serving with Faith Comes by Hearing, are in the country to oversee the recording project. More than 25 readers are needed for…
The Western province is proposing to host an agriculture mini show, October this year in Munda. The three days show is to coincide with the 2014 world food day. The show is going to be funded by the national and provincial government through the national food security and enhancement program. Speaking to the Solomon star…
The Australian High Commission in Honiara has announced the presentation of the inaugural G’day Solomon Islands film festival commencing Friday 6 June. The festival will be held every Friday evening in June at the Honiara Art Gallery Grounds. Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Andrew Byrne said this is an opportunity for families to have…