The weeklong centenary celebration in Viru, Western province marking the arrival of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church has ended yesterday. UP to 5,000 Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) members have congregated at Viru last week to celebrate the arrival of the SDA gospel in the country. The week-long celebration was officially opened by Prime Minister…
Three Melanesian countries including Australia will attend the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) youth convention in Honiara next week. They are Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Fiji and Australia. Youths representative from these countries will start arriving this weekend to take part at the SDA youths convention. A Solomon Island Mission (SIM) spokesperson told the Solomon…
With the 5th Melanesian festival of arts and culture kicking off this Saturday at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG) the small Florida Island in Central Island Province will also be hosting its 3rd yacht festival starting this Friday. The festival will be held at Roderick Bay Hideaway. Premier of Central Island province and other…
The voices of young people should be considered by decision makers in the Pacific because they will live with the impacts and consequences of climate change and gender inequality, says Christina Ora of Solomon Islands. Ms Ora was in Nadi recently for the Pacific Partnerships to strengthen gender, climate change response and sustainable development. She…
MORE than a hundred fifty (150) local students have successfully completed their training under the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) during a graduation cermeony last Thursday. This was by far the largest number to have graduated from the institution since the inception of the program. The graduation ceremony was attended by minister of education Dick Ha’amori,…
Preparations for the upcoming trade expo in Honiara which is set to begin on the 6th of July 2014 is progressing well. The chairman of the trade expo Redley Raramo confirmed this on Sunday. “I’m pleased to confirm that work has progressed well over the past weeks and I must commend my committee members and…
Members of the visiting group band from Jamaica, Inner Circle said they are keen to return to the country in the future. Speaking to local media and VIP guests at a press conference on Sunday at the Heritage Park hotel, the band’s drummer Lancelot said their coming back depends entirely on the promoters and the…
SAMOA and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have joined the country in benefiting from the newly established online company registry. Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) private sector development initiative business law reform expert Aaron Levine fortnight ago spent time in Apia to work on the Samoan company registry to ensure it is operational. Speaking at the Pacific…
Foreign miners are digging deep into our land while local journalists are not digging enough stories says an environmental activist. PNG’s mine watch organization ‘Bismarck Ramu Group’ networking coordinator Rosa Koian during an exclusive interview last week urged journalists in Solomon Islands to actively participate and acquire know-how basis about mining operations. Concentration of mining…
Seafarers without qualified safety training warned to vacate ship The Solomon Island maritime division is taking tough measures against seafarers who are working in inter-island vessels without any marine basic safety certificate (MBSC). Those found without any qualification will be asked to vacate the boats. Marine principal officer Kendol Boso made this strong reminder in…