THE Anglican priest who allegedly led a group of landowners to destroy logging machines on Vanikoro Island, Temotu has maintained his innocence. A relative of the priest, Benjamin Tua said the priest is still in Lata and police have not arrested him yet. Six people have already been arrested in relation to the incident that…
Standing on a remote coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean watching children play, it was deeply saddening to realise they will soon have to leave a place that has been home to their people for thousands of years. Ontong Java, the most northerly part of Solomon Islands, is on the frontline of climate change. The…
STACY Kwanafia, 19, daughter of John Sam and Amalyn Kwanafia, Green Valley Honiara, has recently been called to serve a full time mission in the New Zealand Auckland Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A statement from the church said Stacy will enter the Missionary Training Center in New Zealand on…
ABOUT 250 tickets for Shaggy concert next weekend have already been sold out this week. This was according to Heritage Park Hotel, which is organising the shaggy show. “In two days since tickets were available from yesterday (Wednesday) we have sold 250 tickets both normal entry and VIP,” the hotel said. “Shaggy is scheduled to…
REQUIRING only a small plot of land and little capital investment, the cut flower business could be a vibrant trade for women in the Gold Ridge community. Jan Hintze, a Darwin-based cut flower expert, has led a workshop targeting mothers and daughters from all over the Gold Ridge catchment. The mixed bunch heard about the…
AN Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) would only function if it’s not politicised. That’s the view of retired Anglican bishop Canadian Bishop Terry Brown. There have been recent discussions for the government to establish an Independent Commission Against Corruption to fight graft. Bishop Terry, who served here for many years as Bishop of Malaita, and…
‘True Harmony’ message encircles the globe from Heysham (with no socks). VANESSA Quai, from the sunny South Sea Islands of Vanuatu, is known to her legions of fans as the Pacific Music Queen thanks to a string of hit records and sell- out concerts. So it is perhaps a little surprising that she has…
A GROUP of Dorcas women paid a visit to Br George at San Isidro care centre, Aruligo, yesterday. They were from the Dorcas ministry of the Seventh Day Adventist church of Vatukulau community at Aruligo. Brother George, founder of the rural training centre for young people with disability, was attacked at his home two weeks…
Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) members in Beibangara and Beiporo, East Vella La Vella, Western province can now worship God each Sabbath on Saturday in a new church building. This follows the officially dedication of their new church which was held a day before new year on 31st December 2013. Called the Beibangara Seventh Day Adventist…
Last week, we looked at some portions from Psalm 119. In bringing to a close our discussion on the topic ‘The Bible our final Authority,’ I want to take us back to the same Psalm. Interwoven through this magnificent psalm is one theme, “I rely on your word, O God.” God has established His precepts,…