The Honiara Baha’i Community will be celebrating the Baha’I New Year this weekend. As such the Honiara Baha’i Community extends an invitation to the Baha’is, the friends of the Faith, and the general public to join in celebration. The event will take place this Saturday, March 21st at 10am, at the Baha’i Centre. The New…
THE awareness program on tooth-brushing that was launched last month at Kukum Seventh Day Adventist School will be conducted at various schools in Honiara next week. The dental department within the Ministry of Health and Medical service in partnership with Colgate Palmolive Limited Fiji will be conducting the awareness in all primary schools around the…
THE country’s first trade policy framework has been officially launched in Honiara yesterday. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Milner Tozaka launched it alongside the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor. A statement from the Foreign Affairs and External Trade said, the framework lays out the main principles that…
FORTY-one percent of tourists that visit Honiara come to see culture and art in the country. This was revealed by Ministry of Tourism and Culture in a two-day workshop organised for local artists this week, at Art Gallery exhibition house. The workshop is part of Solomon Islands Artists Association (SIAA) 24th anniversary that is being…
Catholic Communication Solomons (CCS) last week held its first ever meeting to discuss the media education seminars which usually conducted in all parishes of Archdiocese of Honiara, Auki and Gizo dioceses. The meeting was conducted by CCS Director Sr. Sesilia Sala FMA and attended by the CCS staff. The focus was mainly on the re-…
Three permanent houses in East Fataleka and one semi-permanent house in East Kwara’ae, Malaita Province have been reportedly destroyed and damaged by cyclone Pam last week. Heavy rain and strong wind over the weekend has been the cause. Speaking to the paper over the weekend, a village leader in East Malaita Thony Baraii said, villagers…
Officers from the health promotions department within the Kilu’ufi hospital have conducted a three days ‘MEN AS PARTNERS’ training for the males in Dukwasi parish this week in Central Kwara’ae, Malaita province. The two days training kicked off on Tuesday and will end today. The aim of the training is to deal mainly with the…
Lecturers and students of the School Of Education and Humanities (SOEH) at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Kukum campus have expressed concern following a decision to relocate the SOEH office to Panatina Campus. The move said to have been ordered by the School Of Education and Humanities new Dean, Dr. Joan Nesbitt has not…
THE country’s domestic and international terminal will undergo a major facelift. This was revealed by the Aviation Permanent Secretary (PS) Francis Lomo this week. As part of the upgrading work, the arrival and departure lounge at the international terminal will see some changes. Another new development in the pipeline is see the construction of a…
A MAGAZINE highlighting issues affecting local youths and to expose their talents will be released mid this year. This magazine will act as an avenue to display youths’ talents in writing, photography and art. It would be called YOSI. Youth@Work Program Manager Sandra Bartlett explained, the purpose of the quarterly magazine is to empower and…