Australia is helping create jobs for Solomon Islanders through skills and training, with seventeen young Solomon Islander women recently receiving their Australian accredited Working in Aged Care Preparation Skill Set qualifications. Graduates with this qualification can pursue health sector employment opportunities in Solomon Islands, or in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme.…
CLOSE to 20 local farmers from Kolombangara and Gizo, Western Province, completed a two-day workshop aimed at bolstering the islands’ food system. The workshop was organized by World Fish and the Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) and conducted at the Nusatupe Innovation Hub. A World Fish Research Fellow specializing in Nutrition and Island Food Systems, Dr…
ARCHBISHOP of the Anglican Church of Melanesia Leonard Dawea is currently in Rome for the 2024 Primates’ Meeting. Senior archbishops, presiding bishops and moderators of the churches of the Anglican Communion are attending the Primates’ Meeting which started on April 29th. The meeting is coordinated by the Anglican Centre in Rome for pilgrimage, consultation and…
VOTING in any election is as crucial as casting votes wisely because voting outcomes impact the lives of voters and the wider society, says Lydia Yeo. Lydia is a naturalized Solomon Islands citizen of Korean origin who is contesting the Honiara City Council (HCC) Panatina Ward Seat in the Joint Elections scheduled for Wednesday 17…
A 55-YEAR-OLD Maria Isabel has welcomed the development of the new Isolation Unit in Nila, Shortland Islands. This after the COVID-19 pandemic brought fears to the community due to no Isolation Unit to accommodate patients. Maria Isabel was born and raised in Sapusapuwae community, a village made up of less than 10 houses, near Nila…
MOYA Diko is a Clinical Tutor at the Helena Goldie Nursing School and a Senior Nurse at the Helena Goldie Hospital. This year marks her 15th year of service at the church run hospital. During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, Moya was the Team Leader at Helena Goldie Hospital, serving people from communities in and around…
A FORMER Bishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) Diocese of Malaita, The Right Reverend Dr Bishop Terry Brown, has been called to rest over the Easter weekend in his home country of Canada. Late Dr Bishop Terry Brown was bishop for the Anglican Diocese of Malaita from 1996 before retiring in 2008. He…
NEW Mala village on Kohingo Island in the Western Province hosted the Western Solomons Easter Convention from Friday last week to Sunday this week – Good Friday to Easter Sunday. This was confirmed to Solomon Star yesterday by Dennis McAdams. Mr McAdams said the guest speaker for the convention was Bishop Eric Maefonia, who is…
THE Australian High Commission was proud to bring Kuku-Yalanji man Mr Jeremy Donovan, an Australian First Nations musician, artist, poet, public speaker, and educator to Solomon Islands from February 18 to 26. Over nine days, he visited eight schools, three marketplaces and one church group across Western, Malaita and Guadalcanal Provinces. An internationally famous Aboriginal…
THE renowned Fiji music band Black Rose (Rosiloa) have arrived in the country yesterday in a historical tour to perform in Honiara this Saturday at the Cowboys Bar & Grill. Black Rose which is signed by the New Caledonian music label ‘Mangrove Productions’ mainly performs the chant or traditional and contemporary music genre. The band’s…