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…
NEWLY-FORMED formed reggae hip-hop band BUST20 launched their debut EP album on Saturday at the popular YOUTH MARKET event run by Youth@Work at the Art Gallery. YOUTH MARKET Stage Manager Rodney Samuel said the band attracted many young fans with their music, merchandise and live performance. “BUST20’s musical Ingenuity is years ahead of its time…
THE Solomon Voices Choir (S.V) has reached a milestone yesterday, when it awarded two of its member’s, George Clyde, a form seven student at St. Nicholas High School and Rudy Suia, a form 6 student at the University of the South Pacific, Honiara Campus, the Solomon Voices High School Scholarship Award. Solomon Voices was formed…
Youth@Work is working on its newly proposed magazine to be launched in June this year. The magazine was an initiative by the program to have its own magazine called YOSI magazine. YOSI stand for Youths of Solomon Islands. Speaking in an interview Youth@Work Coordinator Sandra Bartlett said, that the program will train youths about media…
2015 sees the Youth@Work program starting off full speed, with the first week beginning with registrations for the next phase of interns for the program, phase 6, with an orientation program, Thursday. Registration for the next phase started last week and has concluded on Wednesday with more than 180 youth registered and entered into the…
KOPERE band from Isabel Province is launching its third video album this month. Band manager Augustine Mamamo said it is a must see because the band has included new members who collaborated finely with some old ones. “The third video album comprises seven tracks mostly in Isabel dialects,” Mr Mamamo said. He said Kopere has…
A NEW and upcoming gospel band launched its first album in Malaita provincial capital on Friday. Uttermost Worshippers had been recording this album since 2012. The three-member band is made of three brothers living in Auki. Band manager Collin Ramo said this first album comprised of 10 songs. “We start recording at the end of…
A LOCAL Artist is currently participating in the PACIFIKA Indigenous Art Alliance Exhibition (PIAAE) at the Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Centre in North Queensland in Australia. Martin Fakaia, a local talented artist who is currently residing in Australia was able to show case his beautiful Indigenous arts with different artists around the…
The Youth Market is on again for the final time this year and it’s bigger with more components than its predecessors being the only five day youth market event to be organised this year by the Youth@Work Youth Market team. According to Youth Market officer, Gino Oti this is by far the biggest event of…
A prolific local artist, Martin Fakaia is preparing for an exhibition at PACIFIKA Indigenous Art Alliance Exhibition (PIAAE)to be held on December 5 at Townsville, Queensland. The intention of the Pacifica Indigenous Art Alliance Exhibition was to empower and give voice to Pacific artists. “This will collaborate with a focus on the freedom of creative…