A FIVE days life skills training for women and girls organised by Green Tourism Solomon Islands Ltd starts this morning at Halavo village in Ngella,Central Island Province. Managing Director of Green Tourism Solomon Island Ltd, Michael Tokuru told Solomon Star yesterday. The life skills training was made possible by the South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO)…
Parishioners of Tangarare in west Guadalcanal joyfully celebrated the feast day of Saint Joseph the worker at Tangarare Chapel on Saturday 2nd May. The celebration was officiated by the Parish Priest of Tangarare Fr.HermanTige and assisted by Fr. Iuvens Rapasia. Fr. Herman Tige in his homily highlighted the day as an important day for all…
Youths engaged under the Youth @ Work program have promoted fruits to fight against non-communicable diseases (NCD) at the youth market which is currently underway in Honiara. Dubbed themselves as the NCD Warriors, they said they promoted fruits for a very important purpose. Team leader Simon Tomasusu told this paper of how they came up…
Youths of this country are gifted and should be supported and nurtured for a better Solomon Islands. Dr Alice Pollard, a specialist in gender and development and a prominent women’s leader in the Solomon Islands highlighted this powerful message during an interview with the Solomon Star at the youth market event hosted by the Youth…
Market vendors from the Honiara Central Market Vendors’ Association (HCMVA) will work together to make the Honiara Central Market a safe, healthy and economically conducive workplace for all by strengthening communication with Market Management, representing market vendors’ needs and interests and identifying opportunities for market vendors to learn and develop new skills. The market vendors…
ART Gallery in Honiara is busy this week with the hosting of the youth market. A number of youths and people are taking the opportunity to sell and promote their products. One of the mothers who also took the opportunity to promote her product is Hannah Akquilla, 44 from Kakara village in West Kwarae’e. At…
The youth market which is currently underway in Honiara has given an opportunity for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to address youths with useful messages. Members from the police community policing team have been displaying information through presentations and sharing of crime leaflets and pamphlets to the youths for information purposes when the…
With nominations for the Westpac Women’s Education Grants closing on 24 April, the bank encourages all women and girls who would benefit from financial assistance to afford the cost of their education to apply for a Grant before it’s too late. Westpac is offering a total of 6 education grants in Solomon Islands this round…
MORE than 50 members of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) youths from the main White River Church and its associated churches have successfully concluded a three days camp out in North West Guadalcanal over the weekend. The youth members from the main White River SDA church its three hive churches at Forest Valley, Kakabona and…
THE newly permanent constructed Adaliua South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) building in east Honiara was officially dedicated on Saturday. This was after the community has completed the facility early this year. According to the chairman of the building Samuel Satini, the building was constructed since 2012. Mr Satini stated that the new building was built…