Women in the Northern region of Malaita province attended their first formal floral art training. According to reports reaching Solomon Star over the weekend, a total of 38 women from a group named Self Employed Women Association (SEWA) from North Malaita participated in training. SEWA is a women organisation of the Manaili tribe in Ward…
More than 40 candidates from the four Catholic Communities in Ulawa District under the patronage of Saint John the Baptist Kirakira Parish received the sacrament of Confirmation at St Joseph chapel Su’umoli by Archbishop Chris Cardone OP last week. Conformation is one of the seven sacraments and the third sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church…
WORK to slot Bloody Ridge into the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status list is currently underway. The Solomon Scouts and Coastwatcher’s Trust Board member Dr Martin Hadlow said they are collaborating with the Chairman of the Solomon Islands National Commission for UNESCO Dr Franco Rodie. “We hope to work with him to help move this forward…
Archbishop Christopher M Cardone Op of the Catholic Church last week visited the communities of Ulawa District in Makira Ulawa Province. His Pastoral visitation to the province was to meet with people of Ulawa District. The chairman, John Wala’ala, welcomed His Grace on behalf of the Su’umoli communities. “I wish to warmly welcome you to…
IT’S very risky or dangerous situation for this country or city to go back to a stage where people were not reporting matters to the police and as a result, criminals escape justice. This was the strongest statement disclosed to the local media by the Commissioner of police Mathew Varley, during his weekly media conference…
THE Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) has defended Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s leaked acknowledgement letter to the Bintan General Manager describing it as a personal letter and does not represent any favoritism or endorsement of any company obligations. “Whatever the Prime Minister shared with the company like this leaked letter is his personal approach. “That…