A LADY suffering from headaches for more than 30 years got cured by Dr Jack Lei, an acupuncturist of China Medical Team in Solomon Islands. She wrote a thank-you letter to China Medical Team. “My name is Gladys. I am from Malaita. Before I was 10 years old, I contracted malaria many times. After that…
WOMEN in Malaita Province have welcomed the completion and opening of the Taro Pack House at Gwaigeo in Malaita Province. The Taro Pack facility was handed over by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET), Jeremiah Manele to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Lottie Vaesekavea, last Wednesday. The…
Mirriam Kabaloka is a regular face at the St Peter the Apostle Catholic Cathedral in Gizo, Western Province. Because of her love to serve God’s sanctuary, each week just before the weekly Sunday service she would be there at the cathedral to clean-up and prepare the compound and church before the church program. For the…
FAITHFULNESS and patience is an important virtue in life which can also lead someone to a successful career and being recognised for the work they did. And that’s exactly what Ileen Marau had achieved overtime during her twenty years of service with SolTuna Limited in Noro, Western Province. Ms Marau, 48, is from Ulawa, Makira…
SHE hardly misses work during her scheduled duty days since joining SolTuna Limited in Noro, Western Province just over a year ago in November 2021. Because of her faithfulness to work, it had landed her recognition as one of the faithful staff who had achieved 100 percent work attendance. Meet Emma Kalena, 48, from North…
THE National Government’s promotion of women’s economic empowerment in this digital age will particularly focus on women and girls in the informal market sector whose contribution to the economy often goes unrecognised and undocumented. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA), Dr Cedrick Alependava, stated this in his country…
FORMER public prosecutor, Elma Veenah Rizzu Hilly, is one of the three new magistrates who were sworn into the Magistracy in a brief ceremonial sitting at the High Court on Monday this week. The 30-year-old Mrs Hilly is of mixed Malaita Province-Isabel Province parentage and studied law at the University of Papua New Guinea (PNG),…
CHINA’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Li Ming, has paid a rare tribute to Chung Wah School and its female staff, which accounts for more 80 percent of the staffing population. Ambassador Li also paid tribute to women in Solomon Islands and China in a speech marking the International Women’s Day at the Chung Wah School…
THE Catholic Church-owned Don Bosco Technical Institute has reiterated its belief in honouring the important role of women in society when the school marked the International Women’s Day last Wednesday. Australian volunteer staff at Don Bosco, Miriam Rivers spoke to Solomon Star about the IWD 2023 celebration at the vocational institute. “On Wednesday, the school…
A GATHERING to celebrate International Women’s Day in Honiara has been told that “a woman is like a tea bag … you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” The metaphor was uttered by Emmy Sogavare – spouse of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Mrs. Sogavare was speaking at the International…