A JAMAICAN reggae star says he’s impressed with how popular reggae is in the Pacific Islands. Conkarah has been on tour in PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and he’s been struck by the similarities with Jamaica. He’s even done a duet with a teenage Solomon islands girl, Rosie Delmah, a cover version of Adele’s hit…
MALAITA Province has thanked Hearts of Hope (HOH) for its humanitarian service to the province last year. Provincial Secretary Jackson Gege said the non-government organisation did an excellent job in its humanitarian mission by assisting orphans, widows, and elderlies. “Yes I do totally support them and I am looking forward to working together with them…
WORKING with people is very interesting but challenging, but with togetherness and God on our side we shall overcome those challenges very easily. This was highlighted by the Head catechist William Tomeuka of Roman Catholic in northwest Guadalcanal during the New Year celebration. Mr Tomeuka was looking after 26 Catholic catechists in 13 communities in…
VISALE parish priest Fr John Galvin says he want to see unity in the work of God in this New Year 2016 amongst all Catholic Christian members in Visale parish. He was speaking to the Catholic members at Visale Catholic Church on Sunday. “Thank you all for working together with me in the work of…
Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) has successfully hosted its first ever Corporate Event with their Gala Night Launch on Thursday at the Monarch Bar & Grill, IBS. The launching was well attended by corporate houses around Honiara, who braved the rain and enjoyed the night with SIWIBA who received Corporate Sponsorships that will…
It has been an exciting event at the youth festival last week with a group of competitions that brought an audience of youths showcasing their skills either as an entrepreneur or their talent as a performer. In the duration of the past days, there have already been four competitions that took place at the Art…
THE final Youth Market for this year is currently underway at the Art Gallery grounds, east of Honiara, starting Tuesday. With the theme “Equality, Humanity and inclusive “, it will be a five days event that will end this Saturday. A series of competitions such as song, rhyme quest, ragga muffin, choir, dance competitions, entertainment…
The Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) will be hosting its first ever ‘Gala night launch’ at the Iron Bottom Sound this evening. With more than a good number of invitees to various donor partners, corporate houses and government ministries, the gala night is purposely to launch corporate sponsorship that will support SIWIBA’s upcoming…
MORE than five hundred violence victims in the country are being housed at the Christian Care Centre (CCC) outside Honiara. This was confirmed by Director of the Centre Sr. Ruth Hope on Wednesday. “The majority of these figures are women, girls and children victimized from the gender-based violence,” Sr Hope said. She added that this…
Local farmers of Numbu Community in North Guadalcanal are struggling in their fight against the deadly intrusion of the Giant African snail which have created havoc to their livelihoods. Farmers have said this is a disaster which the community have already felt the negative impacts especially on their food gardens. Women who have used to…