The second Bonfire Festival, held at the Heritage Park Hotel car park in Honiara on Saturday, 12th October, made a significant impact on the tourism, communication, and transportation sectors. The one-night event attracted a large audience, including international visitors and musicians from Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, who came to perform. The festival’s organizer and…
The Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) strongly condemns the several recent incidences where unknown masked men are attacking, hurting to even attempt kidnapping of young school girls. In a statement over the weekend the women’s premier body said, recent posts on social media describing how these girls are being followed and attacked by…
Women from communities in the Tina River Hydropower Development catchment came together to mark International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) and World Food Day (WFD) on October 15 and 16, with a celebratory event at the Garivera Nature Park. People from the Mbahomea, Malatoha and Belaha communities took part in a variety of cultural and…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is collaborating with Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) in the country to address the issue of high rate of Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs). The NCDs prevention and control: ‘Linking FBOs and Non-Communicable Diseases Summit’ held last week in Honiara brought together more than 20 church representatives. The Ministry of Health…
AFTER years of hard work and sleepless nights, 120 students of Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) graduated last Friday with certificates in various programs they successfully undertook. The 2024 Graduation Ceremony filled the school hall with cheers, applauses and a palpable sense of accomplishment as students marked a monumental milestone in their educational journey. The…
Hailing last weekend’s Melanesian music-oriented Bonfire Festival in Honiara a major success, Bronze sponsor Tourism Solomons has described the event as providing an ideal blueprint for local event planners – be the event musical, cultural or sporting – to start looking at ways these events can be promoted in overseas markets. Tourism Solomons CEO (acting),…
A WINNING Souls for Christ training was successfully conducted at the Wyfolonga Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Zone 3, East Kwaio, Malaita Province, last weekend. It was a one-day training program was conducted by East Kwaio District Pastor Stevenson Balausi and retired Pastor Sovo Samuel with the support of a team from Atoifi Adventist College. Pr…
THE Bonfire Festival 2024 was an exciting event for both fans and the musicians involved. The event held on Saturday at the Heritage Park Hotel carpark drew a sea of crazy fans. The renowned Papua New Guinea (PNG) “Pikinini Niu Aelan” singer Tonton Malele headlined the show with his band members Jayrex and Nene Morus,…
THE Honiara Magistrate Court will on December 12 review the arrest warrant of a man accused of intimidating his wife and threatening that he will kill their one-year-old son. The defendant is facing one count of Domestic Violence. His matter was mentioned in the court last week for the review of the warrant of arrest…
A SI woman returned home after neglected by her logging husband in Malaysia AT a very young age, Ira (not her real name) was excited to marry a foreigner because of the financial gains that comes with the new relationship. Ira, who is part Malaita and Western province, was 19-years-old, when she met and married…