On 6th October, 2014, Dr. Jiko Luveni was elected as the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji. Her appointment marked an important event, being the first female Speaker in the history of Fiji. Dr. Luveni was in Honiara last week for the Regional Conference on Women’s Leadership and Political Participation where she…
More than sixty young Christians from Holy Cross Cathedral received the Sacrament of Holy Communion last Sunday at the Holy Cross Cathedral. The Mass was officiated by the Parish Priest of Holy Cross parish Fr. Peter Houhou and was witnessed by many parents, relatives and friends from other denominations. The young Christians generously received the…
THE popular Dezine has stunned their Vanuatu fans on their first appearance at the stadium in Stade, Port Vila over the weekend. More than 3000 fans turned up to witness the show which was organized to raise funds for the victims of the disastrous cyclone Pam that strikes Vanuatu on March. It was the bands…
The Women’s Leadership and Political Participation Regional Conference will be hosted in Honiara, from the 2nd to the 4th of June at the FFA Conference centre. This was confirmed by Calvin Ziru, the Registrar of the Political Parties Integrity Commission in a joint press conference with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European…
Local non-government organization, Vois Blo Mere Solomon Islands gets the nod to involve in fight against gender violence in Solomon Islands. Vois Blo Mere becomes the third organization in the country and the eleventh in the region to get grant from the UN Women in effort to reduce and eradicate all forms of violence against…
A women’s centre group at Koa Hill in the Vavaya ward has received assistance from their Councillor. The assistance in the form of cash was delivered to them purposely for their savings club which will support the women in the community. Councillor for Vavaya ward John Aruhane said, this is part of his plans to…
A new agreement between Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) and UN Women will see the two partners supporting the implementation of the country’s new Family Protection Act through the creation of a national resource group on gender equality and ending violence against women and girls, and support for frontline…
Veni Santo Spiritus was celebrated in style by the Holy Spirit Parish at Buma Catholic Church last Sunday. Prior to the celebration the sport tournament was kicked off on May 19th, 2015 and the final game was played on Sunday May 24th. The one week of sport and spiritual enrichment came to its closure with…
LOCAL talented musician known as Sharzy will perform at the Solomon Islands Student Association (SISA) night at the Divine Word University (DWU) campus in Madang this coming Saturday – 30th May. Sharzy said, he was invited by Nuigini club to perform with Riki Kali a talented artist in PNG. “I was on business tour but…
A group of Solomon Islands actors will take their message about peaceful homes to other parts of Melanesia this weekend. The six Stages of Change women, based in the Solomon Islands fly to Fiji yesterday, to conduct a workshop with acting students at the Oceania Centre, and for a VIP performance for the Government and…