April Youth Market to promote local food and culture THE April Youth Market will be a showcase of local food and culture with the theme “Back to our Roots.” Youth Market Officer Gino Oti stated the theme is chosen from the Democratic Coalition for Change’s (DCC) policy to help promote local food and acknowledge Solomon…
The Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) has new elected its board to lead the group for the next two years. The appointments were made yesterday during the 4th annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday. A statement from SIWIBA said, three quarter of the members voted into the board are returning officers from the previous…
THE newly constructed Adaliua South Sea Evangelical Church(SSEC) building in East Honiara will be officially dedicated this weekend. Assistance Pastor, Paul Aba Billy confirmed this over the weekend. He said, that the new building was constructed in 2012 and is now ready for its official dedication program this Saturday. Last Sunday, SSEC church members in…
Service + Sacrifice = Success IN 2005, an energetic and happy woman came to Guadalcanal with a group of Australian secondary students from Brisbane to experience going on a Christian mission. While she was in Namoraoni, she was asked to teach a group of village women to read. This experience showed her how much the…
VISALE Parish men’s group is looking forward to mark Saint Joseph the worker’s day next month. The group consisted of 25 men who are members of Visale parish men’s mission. West Guadalcanal stringer John Toki said the group held their second meeting on Sunday to plan their first program for this year. Toki said, Visale…
VISALE Parish station on Sunday celebrates the Feast of Divine Mercy with more than 300 Catholic members attending the ceremony. West Guadalcanal Solomon Star stringer John Toki said the sermon was conducted by Fr. Nickson Sade. “Fr. Sade explained to the congregation why Divine Mercy is important to Christians and its importance to receive Holy…
AFASU Seventh Day Adventist Church in Central Kwara’ae, Malaita province has completed its week-long youth week of prayer over the weekend. The prayer meeting featured sermons, songs of praise and health talks. A members of the Church said, other members from other denominations also attended the prayer event. He said, most of those attended were…
MORE than one hundred Scripture Union (SU) students from secondary schools in Honiara are currently on a weeklong camp at Balasuna COC Bible Training School, North Central Guadalcanal starting yesterday. The program is being organised by Scripture Union for its students to have their time out with Bible sessions and educational talks from other organisations…
THIRTY ONE (31) women from Taro in Choiseul Province and Kariki Islands in Shortland, Western Province are being told to utilise their skills in income generating activities. Managing Director of Green Tourism Solomon Islands Limited (GTSIL) Michael Tokuru highlighted this during the closing of a week-long high impact tourism training conducted in Taro last Friday.…
A new Civil Society organization committee to monitor the progress of the Concluding Observations on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was formed last week. The Solomon Islands Civil Society Organizations CEDAW Committee (SICSOCC) was formed after a one day workshop on the CEDAW which was attended by women representatives from…