Solomon Host Event, the official host for the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) 2025, has outlined the program for the event, which will take place from 6-8 February. The other seven Pacific queens and their officials are expected to arrive in Honiara on Thursday, 30 January. Pageant Director and MPIP Board Member, Joyce Konofilia, spoke…
A woman entrepreneur has received a grant for seed money worth SBD5000 from Local Coordinator for Academy for Women Entrepreneur (AWE) in Honiara on Friday. Dr. Donna Marie Wate, delivered the money to Better Akao, who owns Betzla Arts and Crafts shop at the Art Gallery Arts and Crafts Center on Thursday. This is the…
ON Wednesday night, six community zones in Ughele village closed their New Year 2025 festive season celebrations with a feast in each of the community zones. These community zones are Elomana, Buruku 1, Buruku 2, Kobi 1, Kobi 2, and a newly formed community zone called DDPJ. The Bagho Community in the far east of…
HUNDREDS of children in Malaita Province received Christmas gifts from the Samaritan’s Purse weeks before the 2024 Christmas. The gifts, which were shipped directly from overseas, arrived in Malaita late last year and were distributed successfully to children through their local churches. This marks the first time such programme to reached rural children in Malaita…
UGHELE women in Rendova, Western Province have highlighted their priority projects to be submitted to the South New Georgia Rendova and Tetepare (SNR&T) Constituency Office for funding consideration in 2025. The projects are community water supply, sanitation and community hall. The Ughele women representative Sharana Samuel highlighted these priority projects in her speech when the…
THE South New Georgia Rendova and Tetepare (SNR&T) Constituency will prioritise women’s development initiatives and called on all women in the constituency to organise themselves to seek support from the constituency office in Honiara. The Constituency Development Officer for the SNR&T Constituency, Douglas Alex stated this at Buruku School campus on New Year’s Day when…
THE community of Pusiju on South Vella La Vella Island in the Western Province successfully hosted a music competition recently. The event was a collaborative effort between Moonlight Band, Sirubai Voko Tribe Association SVTA) and the Indigenous People for Sustainable Biodiversity Solomon Islands (IPSBSI). Supported by a Secretariat of Pacific Community (SPC) LMMA Grant through…
KATURASELE community in South Choiseul successfully commemorated 100 years since the arrival of the Adventist gospel at their shores in 1924. In December 2024, the community held a centennial celebration to mark the significant event in the Adventist Calender. And after months of planning, a week-long programme was organised from 17 to 21 December 2024.…
THE Gizo Baha’i Junior Youth Empowerment Programme (JYEP) successfully completed a study camp last weekend. The programme brought young members who are dedicated to personal development and community service. The camp was held at Gizo Jah Mountain Baha’i Centre. It was aimed at fostering unity, moral education and leadership skills among the participants. The camp…
AS the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant is only a matter of four weeks away, some of the contestants who have confirmed their participation have expressed their anticipation to showcase their national cultures during the weeklong event in Honiara. The contestants shared their excitement in their posts on social media. Miss Solomon Islands Elsie Polosovai shared…