CONTRACTORS working on the new Adventist GF Jones Memorial Church in the Western Provincial Capital, Gizo, are doing the final touches of work to the complex well ahead of its dedication next month. This is despite the setback faced by the church following the theft of offerings and tithes worth over $50,000 last week. Area…
An Inter-denominational Thanksgiving Service to be conducted tomorrow at the Anglican Saint Barnabas Cathedral will commence activities to mark the country’s 45th Independence Anniversary this week. The ecclesiastical event will begin at 8:00am. Chair of the National Organising Committee and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Jeffery Sade Deve, announced the programme on…
MOST of the offerings and tithes worth more than $50, 000 stolen by thugs from Gizo GF Jones Memorial Church at the Western Provincial capital around the midnight of Monday were collections from the weekends. That’s according to the Area Church Pastor (ACP) Vernon Peter after comments and questions have been raised by the public…
CHURCH leaders have successfully completed a weeklong Training of Trainers workshop from 12th-15th June, 2023 in Honiara. The workshop was attended by the leaders and representatives from the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACoM), United Church Solomon Islands (UCSI), Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC), Catholic Church (CC), Solomon Islands Christian Association (SICA)…
THE Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia Most Reverend Leonard Dawea has this week announced the resignation of the Diocesan Bishop of Banks and Torres, the Right Reverend Patteson Worek. Archbishop Dawea said Bishop Worek’s resignation will be effective from 31st July 2023. He said the Bishop of the Diocese of Vanuatu and New…
THE AUKI Catholic diocese members and the respective Catholic parishioners in Malaita province will soon miss the presence of their beloved bishop, Peter Houhou from the diocese. This comes after the announcement of Bishop Houhou’s new appointment as the new bishop for Gizo Catholic diocese in Western Province. He served as Catholic bishop for six…
A TOTAL of 124 health leaders from each Honiara Seventh day Adventist (SDA) Church, including some other health professionals successfully graduated from 10,000 Toes Live More Abundantly (LMA) Training Programme. The training is part of the diabetes prevention strategy rollout which will take at least nine months to complete. It involves the identification of facilitators…
THE Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Pacific Adventist University (PAU) in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Professor Teatulohi Matainaho, is currently in Honiara for an eight days official visit. Professor Teatulohi Matainaho arrived in Honiara on Tuesday, 13 June and was accommodated at the Solomon Islands SDA Mission Transit in East Honiara. According to his official…
THE Uniting Church in Solomon Islands together with the administration of its owned Vonunu National Secondary School (NSS) in the Western Province have renamed the school to ‘Reginald Chapman Nicholson College’ or ‘Nicholson College for short.’ The name change took effect as of last Tuesday – June 6. This was confirmed to Solomon Star by…
THE South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) Education Authority has congratulated and thanked the 2023 graduands of Technical Institute of Malaita (TIM) for having chosen the institution to undertake their studies. Speaking at the TIM 8th graduation ceremony last Friday, the SSEC Education Authority representative, Javin Rukia, congratulated the 64 graduands for their decision to study at…