THE Church of Melanesia’s Bishop Patterson Theological College at Tabalia/Kohimarama was packed over the weekend with people from North West Guadalcanal, Savo and Honiara. The three day gathering kicked off on Friday until Sunday to witness the admission of a good number of Novices and Priests. Relatives of those who were admitted joined the congregation…
A one day media seminar organised by Catholic Communication Solomons for members of Holy cross ministries was completed successfully at the Catholic communication apartment on Saturday. The seminar was attended by more than fifteen members of different ministries of the Holy Cross cathedral and was conducted by the staff of the Catholic Communication Solomons (CCS).…
SPC: ‘Freight rates are lower, the frequency of services to our countries is increasing and there is evidence that our people are happier with shipping services,’ says the Chair of the Central Pacific Shipping Commission, Thomas Heine, Marshall Islands Minister for Transportation and Communication, at the opening of the CPSC annual meeting held in the…
A Four days tourism training funded by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism was held in Marau, East Guadalcanal over the weekend. The training kicked off on Thursday and ended successfully on Saturday with final recommendations and word of thanks between them. Senior Research Tourism officer of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT), Laurie…
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is pleased to announce a salary award for its Fiji-based Hourly Paid (HP) and Intermediate and Junior (I&J) staff. This is a result of further negotiations and consultations with USP’s management and The University of South Pacific Staff Union (USPSU). USP Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rajesh Chandra said…
Parents in Makira/Ulawa province are being encouraged to give their children the education they rightly deserve as it is the key to make the province a better place. Education Secretary for the Makira/Ulawa province Education Authority, Henry Rata made the statement during the graduation ceremony of St Stephen Community College Pamua in Central Makira last…
Despite of the numerous challenges it faced during the course of the 2014 academic year, St Stephen’s Community College Pamua in Makira/Ulawa province celebrated an important day in the school calendar last Friday, that was the prize giving and graduation ceremony. Parents, relatives, friends and members of the surrounding communities flocked to the relocation site…
Secondary school students of St Stephen’s Community College Pamua have been encouraged to enrol in Rural Training Centres (RTC) if they drop out of the formal education system. Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) assistant education secretary, Desmond Waita gave the encouragement during Pamua’s graduation ceremony last Friday. Church owned Pamua, apart from its primary and…
A four days workshop on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Records is currently underway at the Heritage hotel. The review is a unique process which involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 United Nation Member States. The UPR is a significant innovation of the…
While appreciating accessing of the $3.0 million from the National Government for a proposed shipping service for North West Choiseul Constituency by the out-going MP for the constituency, the public meeting for NWC constituents in Honiara held on Sunday 26th October, the meeting recommended that more consultations with the people in the constituencies be conducted…